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Whatever happened to [S—> NP VP]?
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Whatever happened to [S—> NP VP]?
I miss those days.
Vocal Fry And Young Women: Are They Trying To Sound Like Ke$ha And Britney?
Apparently, a lot of today’s young women want their voices to sound like Ke$ha or Britney Spears.
At least, that’s what a small new study published in the Journal of Voice suggests.
In the study, researchers from Long Island University listened to the speech patterns of 34 women of college age, finding that more than two-thirds of them talk with what is called “vocal fry” — that raspy, creaky voice that is exemplified when Britney Spears sings “Oh baby, baby,” MSNBC reported.
Bigger Words Make Emotions More Intense
Scientists have shown that words printed in larger font sizes elicit a stronger emotional response.
A report, published in PLoS ONE, has show that reading all kinds of words—positive, neutral, or negative—printed in larger fonts causes higher electrical potential in the brain than when words are printed in smaller fonts. Those increased voltages are experienced as more extreme, longer-lasting emotions.
(Source: waynesoller)
Stuff from Nowhere: Interesting Facts about Words and Languages
- The first word spoken on the moon was “okay”.
- Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means “the capital” in the Korean language.
- The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
- There are only four common words in the English language which end in “-dous”:…
Learning Languages: Is there a secret?
Studies indicate that approximately half the world is bilingual, while Americans hover anywhere between 8-17 percent. Article courtesy of StacieBerdan.com
The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar.
It was tense.
The Secret Languages of Twins
An interesting article from Slate.
