Daniel Dennett argues that without language there is no consciousness, there is no self, and thus animals and baby are not conscious. Very interesting.
quick references that feature the most commonly forgotten things on a specific topic. You can print them out and hang them on your wall, or just keep them handy in your bookmarks for quick reference.
The Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or XHTML, is a markup language that has the same expressive possibilities as HTML, but a stricter, more verbose syntax. Whereas HTML is an application of SGML, a very flexible markup language, XHTML is an applicat
From the page: "Children whose father's vocabulary was more varied when they were 2 years old had more advanced language skills at age 3. Surprisingly, the dads spoke less and asked fewer questions than the mothers, suggesting it was not how much they spo
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
The phonetic alphabet - used by police military and communicators to clarify letters and spellings, plus more free online language and reference glossaries, information and facts.
When you are learning a foreign language, you need all the help you can get. Besides applications like jVLT, jMemorize, and StarDict, there are other tools that are not designed specifically for language learning, but they can make the learning process more efficient and fun. All you have to do is to think creatively.
Whether you like it or not, foreign expressions represent an integral part of the English language (and of many other languages, too). Knowing the meaning and usage of the most used ones is very important. First of all because it will enable you to understand pieces of text that include ...
Many cultures find that English might possibly be one of the most difficult languages to learn. Not, in fact, for its words, but for the fact that it has so many unusual and contradictory rules.
B. Bruce, and A. Bishop. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 45 (8):
706(May 2002)M3: Article; Bruce, Bertram C. Bishop, Ann P.; Source Info: May2002, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p706; Subject Term: LITERACY; Subject Term: LANGUAGE & languages -- Study & teaching; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611630 Language Schools; Number of Pages: 9p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 4611.
P. Ngan, M. Wong, W. Lam, K. Leung, and J. Cheng. Artificial Intelligent in Medicine, 16 (1):
73--96(1999)Special Issue On Data Mining Techniques and
Applications in Medicine.