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Words in English

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:50:47 GMT

”... a resource for those who want to learn more about this fascinating language – its history as a language, the origins of its words, and its current modern characteristics.”

Link: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/index.html

Futurese

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:53:38 GMT

What will English sound like in 1000 years?

Link: http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/futurese.html

Neuropsychologist Studies Sarcasm

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:05:21 GMT

A look into the brain structures used in deriving sarcasm from speech.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/research/03sarc.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Neuroanatomy of science journalism

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Link: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005472.html

Amazing Coincidences in Linguistics

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:19:49 GMT

Link: http://members.aol.com/yahyam/coincidence.html

Recursion and human thought

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:46:11 GMT

Why a certain Amazonian tribe doesn’t have numbers.

Link: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/everett07/everett07_index.html