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Indo-European migration into Britain - 0 views

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    great progression of maps
Lisa Stewart

Why Cyberbullying Rhetoric Misses the Mark - NYTimes.com - 9 views

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    Hey, you guys: let me know if this article is "true" as far as Punahou students go. Does the word "drama" mean for you what it means for the students they interviewed? And is what they say about using the word "bullying" true? Maybe you could just comment here or send me an email. Thanks!
Lisa Stewart

Case 4 Genie, The Wild Child Research or Exploitation? - 7 views

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    good questions for discussion
Lisa Stewart

ISO 639 code sets - 4 views

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    This is the official linguistic code for Hawaii Creole English, which is documented by an international linguistic mapping system as a "living" and "individual" language, separate from English but sharing a lot with English. Research shows that people who speak one but not the other can hardly understand one another. Hawaii Creole is not considered by linguists to be a subset or dialect of English.
Lisa Stewart

Ivy League College Recognizes Jamaican Creole as a Language (Jamaica) - 1 views

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    This post might interest those of you wondering whether you can list Hawaii Creole English as a second language on your college application (or, as in this case, once you arrive at college). The comments below the post are interesting as well.
Lisa Stewart

Cure writer's block with writing prompts - writing tips character name generator - 4 views

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    These writing experiments seem like ways to burrow through the language environment that is our niche...
Lisa Stewart

Gamers succeed where scientists fail - University of Washington - washington.edu - 12 views

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    Not really linguistics-related, but so interesting that I thought we should share (Mr. Maretzki shared with me).
Lisa Stewart

Etymologically Speaking... - 2 views

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    some unusually interesting etymologies
Lisa Stewart

Baby Fae - Stephanie's Heart: The Story of Baby Fae - 1 views

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    The "Baby Fae" story I mentioned in large group--this is a documentary about it made recently.
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