Month: September 2013
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How to listen without ears
Once in a while piece of new research will remind you that some things that seem a given are just not. Take for example this paper on a species of earless frogs listen with their mouths. As incredible as that may sound these frogs do indeed react to mating calls. In other words you don’t…
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metamorphosisyphus thesis
push along push up boulders ever bolder no end in sight a page at a time every single word is laborious as long as i am not rejected i will continue
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incorrect syntax
the grammar police are here and now i must ask for forgiveness for my syns. that i have to pay for in syn-tax.
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Va Va Black Sheep – difficult sounds for Japanese learners of English
The ‘v’ sound is perhaps one of the hardest sounds for my Japanese learners of English to master. It doesn’t exist in the Japanese language. And it is approximated with the ‘b’ phoneme. Recent research has found that if the sound ‘va’ is matched with a video showing another sound made in the similar region…
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‘Noli timere’ (Don’t be afraid)
Seamus Heaney’s last words – a text message – to his wife. Only A Man of Pure Character, like Mr Heaney, could have written such beautiful poetry and say such gentle words even at the end. He will be missed by all but most by those who survived him – his wife and children. Thoughts…
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AntConc Tutorials page updated
I have finally updated the AntConc Tutorials page. It is now called AntConc Basics. It summarizes the mechanics of using AntConc without unnecessary detail on how to analyse a corpus (I leave that up to you). It also comes with a two page PDF version. The online version also comes with a quick-reference guide to…
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