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śābda-bodhaḥ: October 2014
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Musings of a philosopher and Sanskritist. LaTeX and Technical Links. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Mukulabhaṭṭa and pragmatics in Indian philosophy. Mukulabhaṭṭa was a ninth-century Kashmiri thinker who wrote a critical response to Ānandavardhana’s important Dhvanyāloka. Mukula’s only extant work, the Abhidhāvṛttamātṛkā. Fundamentals of the Communicative Function) is a study of literal and non-literal meaning, but his work straddles genre boundaries, including recognizably alaṃkāra-śāstra. It's been over a y...
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Conjugate Visits: Wonderings and Googlings: Wherein I wonder about words, then I Google them
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You know, like grammar and stuff. Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Wonderings and Googlings: Wherein I wonder about words, then I Google them. I'm no spring chicken = 647,000 hits. I'm a spring chicken = 18,000 hits. Hi, this is off topic, but thought youd get a kick out of this sentence from an old article about Steve Jobs:. The Apple opportunity, when it surfaced, was ideal, since Apple, seeking a new engine, was attracted to the Next operating system, a technology without a market. Of course, that doesnt a...
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Conjugate Visits: June 2011
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You know, like grammar and stuff. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. How to Speak Elevator. Welcome, visitors to the United States! While you’re here, you’ll probably have lots of opportunities to ride American elevators. Don’t worry! Navigating them is easy with this handy guide:. HOW TO SPEAK ELEVATOR. The first floor above the ground floor OR. The first floor below the ground floor. Second floor not counting the ground floor. Parking level Pink OR. Parking level Purple OR. Parking level Pocahontas OR. Feel lik...
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Conjugate Visits: December 2011
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You know, like grammar and stuff. Thursday, December 15, 2011. Copy Edit du Jour. A display of the collection will be on site in the main pavilion". The collection will be on display in the main pavilion.". Saturday, December 10, 2011. How to Tell If You're a 'Real Writer'. Prominent scienticians have recently isolated some unique characteristics of true wordsmiths. Based on their findings, here’s how to tell – once and for all –if you’re a “real writer.”. 13 Your decaying, bathtub-splashed Stieg Larsson...
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Conjugate Visits: October 2010
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You know, like grammar and stuff. Monday, October 25, 2010. It's Been 'A While'. Seems to me that not many people can tell you the difference between "awhile" and "a while." So it's surprising to me how often people seem to get them right anyway. Today, someone at CNBC. Asset allocation strategists haven't had an easy time in recent years. They've grappled with deflation, recession, plummeting U.S. stock markets and surging. Awhile" is an adverb. "While" is often a noun. S how Webster's New World puts it:.
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Conjugate Visits: Survey: How Satisfied Are You with Your Survey Experience?
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You know, like grammar and stuff. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Survey: How Satisfied Are You with Your Survey Experience? But when the data came in and the check to the survey-taking company had cleared, something surprising happened: nothing. Contrary to the survey company’s sincere and absolute faith in surveys, no one was there surveying you about how you liked your survey. Well, here’s your opportunity to make your voice heard! After all, survey-company-hiring companies are surveyable people, too!
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Proposed charter for the New Christchurch Book Club | Giles Writes
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Proposed charter for the New Christchurch Book Club. August 18, 2013. A book should serve as an axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka. Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. Groucho Marx. The following is an attempt to codify the rules for a new bookclub which will continue the legacy of the much-loved Popular Penguin Bookclub which lost its way after most of the members left Christchurch. 1 Book club is about books and what we think of them. 8 At t...
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Article I’ve written. | Barbara Zurer Pearson's Blog
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Barbara Zurer Pearson's Blog. A blog by a linguist interested in bilingualism. Article I’ve written. June 11, 2010 in Uncategorized. Published in The Linguist, April-May 2010, Vol. 49, issue 2. The Institute’s website: www.iol.org.uk. Give it a read and tell me what you think! The odds of raising a bilingual child: A study bzpearson.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/the. Workshop Interests in Pioneer Valley? Parents: Continuing a Bilingual Home bzpearson.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/par. 2 Languages 2 Worlds. Leave a...
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Raising a Bilingual Child–en español, September 2010 | Barbara Zurer Pearson's Blog
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Barbara Zurer Pearson's Blog. A blog by a linguist interested in bilingualism. Raising a Bilingual Child–en español, September 2010. September 9, 2010 in Uncategorized. Available now from BilingualReaders.com. Http:/ www.bilingualreaders.com/consigue-hijo-bilingue/. Get in for all your friends and relations! The odds of raising a bilingual child: A study bzpearson.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/the. Workshop Interests in Pioneer Valley? 2 Languages 2 Worlds. Barbara's Book Page. Barbara's Home Page. Comments f...
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