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How is Outkast like Shakespeare? It all comes down to vocabulary. - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Mass communication Part 2 Rap Shakespeare Vocabulary

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    A data scientist quantified the vocabularies of Shakespeare and various rap artists. The results: Big Boi and Andre 3000 are just as prolific as the Bard.
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    A data scientist quantified the vocabularies of Shakespeare and various rap artists. The results: Big Boi and Andre 3000 are just as prolific as the Bard.
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Cultural vocabularies: how many words do the Inuits have for snow? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Culture Vocabulary Identity

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    The Inuits are not alone in having many words to describe a thing that preoccupies them, patterns occur in the vocabularies of many cultures
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Jargon buster - Childnet International - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Internet Vocabulary Jargon

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    A list of useful vocabulary for discussing the internet
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    A list of useful vocabulary for discussing the internet
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8 words you need to know to survive The Hunger Games - 0 views

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Language Mass communication Part 2 Vocabulary Film Hunger Games

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    From reaping to sponsor, take a look at the essential vocabulary you need to know in order to survive the Games. May the odds be ever in your favour!
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The teens who can barely talk - they only have an 800 word vocabulary - 0 views

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Language Language changes Teenspeak Slang Identity

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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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Doctor Who, in an Exciting Adventure with the Lexicographers - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Mass communication Part 2 Vocabulary Dr Who TV

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    Do you know which four words from Doctor Who have their own entry or sense in the OED?
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This is why your brain wants to swear | David Shariatmadari | Comment is free | theguar... - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Vocabulary Swearing Taboo

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    A recent study shows that children are adept at absorbing swearwords. That's the power of linguistic taboos for you
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    A recent study shows that children are adept at absorbing swearwords. That's the power of linguistic taboos for you
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30 Incorrectly Used Words That Can Make You Look Horrible - TIME - 1 views

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Language Vocabulary Meaning Usage

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    Easy to get wrong. And easy to get right… (Time magazine)
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    Easy to get wrong. And easy to get right… (Time magazine)
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Poem of the week: Words by Edward Thomas | Books | theguardian.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Bilingualism Welsh Vocabulary Poetry

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    This loose-limbed lyric on the elemental power of language seems rooted in a distinctly Welsh landscape
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    This loose-limbed lyric on the elemental power of language seems rooted in a distinctly Welsh landscape
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Bookshelf | 'Wordbirds,' a Fine-Feathered Compendium of Modern-Day Neologisms - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Neologisms Vocabulary New words

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    The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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    The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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    The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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English to English: 'translating' a cultural divide | Media | theguardian.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 American v British Vocabulary Culture

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    Our Tumblr project has explored over 400 US-UK cross-cultural topics. As the Guardian continues to reach a global audience, the nature of 'translations' is changing
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    Our Tumblr project has explored over 400 US-UK cross-cultural topics. As the Guardian continues to reach a global audience, the nature of 'translations' is changing
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