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Fighting The 'Cold Civil War' Or The Inadvertent Epic Involving Roseanne And Valerie And Samantha And Ivanka, Marleen S. Barr
Fighting The 'Cold Civil War' Or The Inadvertent Epic Involving Roseanne And Valerie And Samantha And Ivanka, Marleen S. Barr
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This article provides critical context to the media attention Roseanne and Samantha Bee's use of profane language generated.
Formalizing The Umwelt, Rohit J. Parikh
Formalizing The Umwelt, Rohit J. Parikh
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In the early part of the XXth century, Jacob from Uexkuell introduced the notion of the Umwelt which is the personal world which animals and humans live in. It is understood that each of us has our own Umwelt. This paper is an attempt to understand the notion of Umwelt using tools from logic and decision theory.
Music And Words: Connecting The Love Of Music With Language, Eileen P. Kennedy, Raymond Torres- Santos
Music And Words: Connecting The Love Of Music With Language, Eileen P. Kennedy, Raymond Torres- Santos
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Children from different cultures have a natural affinity for rhymes, rhythm and music. Imagine if students were able, from the beginning of their education and experiences with academic writing and literacy, to access their unconscious and original selves from which to create their writing. The study of music can help to access this aware, inventive side that can enhance anyone’s writing. As an early childhood writing teacher and a composition teacher, we draw on our experiences with young children with words and music. We examine the relationship between music and words in an effort to bring the primitive drive of …
Language, Politics, And History: An Introductory Essay, José Del Valle
Language, Politics, And History: An Introductory Essay, José Del Valle
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This book chapter examines different articulations of language and history and introduces a new configuration that focuses on the political dimension of language.
Topic Modeling And Figurative Language, Lisa M. Rhody
Topic Modeling And Figurative Language, Lisa M. Rhody
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Located at the center of Jorie Graham’s collection The End of Beauty, “Self Portrait as Hurray and Delay” crafts a portrait of the artist, poised at a precarious moment in which thought begins to take shape. Like Penelope, Graham entertains the illusion, if only momentarily, of a choice between bringing a creative impulse into form or allowing it to come undone. A weaver of language, Graham subtly, deftly, but unsuccessfully attempts to delay the inevitable moment in poetic creation in which complexity of thought adopts form through language, and so realized is also reduced. In The End of Beauty, the …
La Lengua, Los Bicentenarios Y La Estrategia Del Acompañamiento, José Del Valle
La Lengua, Los Bicentenarios Y La Estrategia Del Acompañamiento, José Del Valle
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In this article, the connection between language policy and the bicentennial celebration of Latin American´s independence from Spain is explored.