The English Cowpath
Showing posts with label spelling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spelling. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2014

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Can't believe it's been a year since my last post. Wanted to share this link that was in this week's Word a Day weekly compend...
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Monday, April 2, 2012

Prescriptivism and Descriptivism in the 18th Century

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There are two opposing philosophies in the history of linguistics which can be summed up as prescriptivism and descriptivism . Should lingu...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

The Forces of Language Change

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Modern linguistics accepts that all languages are constantly changing and considers this a normal process. But if normal, then what are the ...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

English Spelling & Pronunciation - Why the Discrepancy?

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The discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation of words is perhaps the most difficult part of learning English as a second language. Or ...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Story of Human Language DVDs

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After several years of receiving catalogues in the mail from The Great Courses [www.getgreatcourses.com] I finally ordered one (my wife actu...
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