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Apr 28

A new atlas maps word meanings in the brain

By Eric Boodman, STAT

It’s like Google Maps for your cerebral cortex: A new interactive atlas purports to show which bits of your brain help you understand which types of concepts.

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Jan 06

Not just scribbles: How tots start learning text is symbolic

By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Celebrate your child's scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that a written word symbolizes language in a way a drawing doesn't — a developmental step on the path to…

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Nov 06

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In ‘Honky,’ a play that plays with the language of racism

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With “Honky,” PBS and Onstage in America present a stage comedy about racism that throws political correctness out the window. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the play’s author, Greg Kalleres, to discuss how he explores race relations and coded language…

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Sep 16

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Why the ancient art of calligraphy still enchants

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In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, artist Seb Lester shares his thoughts on the “ancient magic” of calligraphy.

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Aug 27

‘Mic drop’ and ‘awesomesauce’: Oxford Dictionaries adds 1,000 new slang terms

By Larisa Epatko

Oxford Dictionaries added 1,000 new words to its informal language collection on Thursday, including slang expressions “mic drop,” “cakeage” and “cat café.”…

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Jan 27

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What does the world lose when a language dies?

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“Language Matters,” a new PBS documentary, explores how linguistic heritage and traditional cultures around the world are at risk of being lost forever. Jeffrey Brown talks to the show’s host, poet Bob Holman, about the fight to revive languages on…

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Sep 01

How to start your own charter school: one family’s recipe for startup success

By Elizabeth Jones

Wynee Sade and her husband along with four other families decided to establish their own dual-language Mandarin immersion school. Meeting at each other’s homes with just a blank sheet of paper, they began the long and arduous process of establishing…

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Dec 31

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“Selfie” and “twerk” top 2013’s most annoying word list

@KofC epic #selfie #PopeFrancis pic.twitter.com/CLYduUpxDA— Fabio M. Ragona (@FabioMRagona) August 29, 2013 What words would you like to see banished in 2014? According to a Michigan university, "selfie" and "twerking" tops…

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Sep 12

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Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment

In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by…

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Jul 18

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Language Wars: Should Spanish-Speaking Students Be Taught in English Only?

Language Wars: Should Spanish-Speaking Students Be Taught in English Only?…

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