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sworrall16

Create Your Own Language, for Credit - 0 views

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shared by sworrall16 on 02 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • sworrall16 on 02 Mar 16
     
    1. What do you say to embarrass a polar bear? 2. How might an underwater society write? 3. Can a creature without teeth say "tooth"? 4. How many verbs for "to pray" does an angel need? These are some of the questions students have pondered in "Invented Languages" at Stephen F.
misamurata17

'Th' sound to vanish from English language by 2066 because of multiculturalism, say lin... - 1 views

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  • misamurata17 on 14 Oct 16
     
    By 2066, linguists are predicting that the "th" sound will vanish completely in the capital because there are so many foreigners who struggle to pronounce interdental consonants - the term for a sound created by pushing the tongue against the upper teeth.
julianashank20

Post-Neolithic Diet-Induced Dental Changes Led to Introduction of 'F' and 'V' Sounds - 3 views

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shared by julianashank20 on 10 Mar 20 - No Cached
  • julianashank20 on 10 Mar 20
     
    One of the central questions of Words R Us is what conditions fostered the emergence of language. In this article, you can discover where the 'F' and 'V' sounds, so challenging to replicate in ventriloquism, came from. A hint is that diet influenced the human bite and mouth shape, but take a peek to find out more!
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