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How language is literally losing its meaning - 1 views

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Language Language change Meaning Part 1 Literally

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The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair

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The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair (Blog)

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Mugging de Queen's English - 0 views

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Language Culture Part 1 Listen Mr Oxford Don Agard Poetry Accents

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Article in NewStatesmen about the inclusion of multi-cultural writers in the British school curriculum. The headline comes from John Agard's poem Listen Mr Oxford Don.

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Oxford Dictionary Recognizes: YOLO, Amazeballs and Hot Mess - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Oxford Dictionary New words Neologisms Slang

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The online dictionary added new terms inspired by popular culture and online usage.

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The online dictionary added new terms inspired by popular culture and online usage.

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What language barrier? - 2 views

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Language Gender Stereotypes

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It is a truism that men and women do not communicate in the same way. But is there really any evidence to support this Mars-and-Venus theory? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron investigates in the first of three extracts from her new book

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Oxford Dictionary Learns How to 'Twerk' - 1 views

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Language Mass communication Language change New words Part 2

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And the Word of the Year Is... Selfie! : The New Yorker - 0 views

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Language Language change New words Mass communication

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Silvia Killingsworth explores the history and culture surrounding the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013: "selfie" (blog)

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And the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year Is...'Selfie' http://t.co/eOTwuOIclN - 0 views

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Language Language change New words

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Varieties of English - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Varieties of English Blog

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Oxford Dictionaries blog - lots of different entries about different varieties of English, from American English to Philippine English, the use of 'bro' as a prefix, and many more...

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Infographic: a closer look at 'selfie' - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Language change New words Written Tasks

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From Oxford Dictionary blog: Word Trends and New Words

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What would be your Word of the Year for 2013? - 0 views

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Language Language change New words Written Tasks

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From Oxford Dictionary blog: Word Trends and New Words

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The rise of the portmanbro - 0 views

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Language Identity New words Language change Blog

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How an abbreviation of brother became a word-forming dynamo (from Oxford Dictionary blog: Word trends and new words

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May the odds be ever in your favour: the language of The Hunger Games - 0 views

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Language Vocabulary Hunger Games Blog

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A look at the language that brings the world of Suzanne Collins's trilogy to life (Oxford Dictionaries blog)

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Listen Mr Oxford Don (English B) - 0 views

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Language Culture Part 1 Listen Mr Oxford Don Agard Poetry Accents Race Jamaican

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Exercises on the language and meaning of John Agard's poem.

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What language barrier? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Gender Men Talk Women Talk

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It is a truism that men and women do not communicate in the same way. But is there really any evidence to support this Mars-and-Venus theory? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron investigates in the first of three extracts from her new book

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Listen Mr Oxford Don - 0 views

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Language Identity Stereotypes Race

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Selfie is Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year - 0 views

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Language Language change New words

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Ubiquitous noun for social media self-portraits faces down newly discovered cute mammal the olinguito in annual contest

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How language is literally losing its meaning - 1 views

Mugging de Queen's English - 0 views

Oxford Dictionary Recognizes: YOLO, Amazeballs and Hot Mess - 0 views

What language barrier? - 2 views

Oxford Dictionary Learns How to 'Twerk' - 1 views

And the Word of the Year Is... Selfie! : The New Yorker - 0 views

And the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year Is...'Selfie' http://t.co/eOTwuOIclN - 0 views

Varieties of English - 0 views

Infographic: a closer look at 'selfie' - 0 views

What would be your Word of the Year for 2013? - 0 views

The rise of the portmanbro - 0 views

May the odds be ever in your favour: the language of The Hunger Games - 0 views

Listen Mr Oxford Don (English B) - 0 views

What language barrier? - 0 views

Listen Mr Oxford Don - 0 views

Selfie is Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year - 0 views

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