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Jenni Young

European and Asian languages traced back to single mother tongue - 0 views

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    Eurasiatic languages from Portugal to Siberia form 'superfamily' with root in southern Europe 15,000 years ago, scientists claim
Jenni Young

It Takes A Classroom To Learn The Family Language - 0 views

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    Many first- and second-generation Americans are turning to classrooms to relearn their heritage languages (NPR)
Jenni Young

European and Asian languages traced back to single mother tongue - 0 views

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    Eurasiatic languages from Portugal to Siberia form 'superfamily' with root in southern Europe 15,000 years ago, scientists claim
Jenni Young

Speaking it in the family - 0 views

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    Familects - home dialects in which words are given private meanings - reveal that everyone has a creative and playful linguistic story (Guardian)
Jenni Young

Meet "The Smalls", A Suburban Family That Only Communicates Using Notorious B.I.G. Lyri... - 0 views

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    The Smalls are a seemingly run-of-the-mill Caucasian family from a nondescript suburb. The only weird thing is that the parents and their daughter communicate via Notorious B.I.G. lyrics
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    The Smalls are a seemingly run-of-the-mill Caucasian family from a nondescript suburb. The only weird thing is that the parents and their daughter communicate via Notorious B.I.G. lyrics
Jenni Young

Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word - 0 views

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    Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them (NY Times)
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    Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them (NY Times)
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Words that last - 0 views

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    A research team led by Mark Pagel at the University of Reading in England has identified 23 "ultraconserved words" that have remained largely unchanged for 15,000 years (Washington Post)
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A View From the Melting Pot: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez - 1 views

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    Robert Rodriguez's memoir, "The Hunger of Memory" (1982) is an account of his painful separation from the Spanish-speaking world of his family in his journey to becoming a fully assimilated American.
Jenni Young

Aria: A memoir of a bilingual childhood by Richard Rodriguez - 1 views

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    autobiographical essay about growing up in a Spanish-speaking family in California.
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How to listen so they'll talk and talk so they'll listen - 1 views

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    Advice for single women and men from "a licensed marriage and family therapist and dating coach". From itsyourtechnique.com
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The complicated Chinese family tree - 1 views

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BBC World Service - The Why Factor, Family Names - 0 views

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    Could your last name determine your career? Mike Williams explains
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    Could your last name determine your career? Mike Williams explains
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