Natsuki

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Date registered: November 21, 2011

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  1. The Politics of Eating and Exercising: Are We Getting It Right? — March 22, 2012
  2. What do we mean when we say ‘bilingual’? — January 17, 2012
  3. 50, 100, 1000 words for snow: Does the language we speak affect how we think? — November 23, 2011

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The Politics of Eating and Exercising: Are We Getting It Right?

baby watermelon

Eat healthier. Exercise. Our culture is currently full of messages telling us to change our habits, to turn us into a leaner, healthier society. While these messages are easier said than done, they’re perfectly warranted: The Centers for Disease Control reports that childhood obesity has tripled since the 1970s. So what can we do to …

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What do we mean when we say ‘bilingual’?

eng & texting

The New York Times published an opinion piece this weekend titled, Are We Really Monolingual?. The piece mainly focuses on the various issues in how we try to estimate the number of languages a person speaks. The article writes, Since 1980, the United States Census Bureau has asked: “Does this person speak a language other …

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50, 100, 1000 words for snow: Does the language we speak affect how we think?

"100 words for Lawn"

Kate Bush, a British singer-songwriter, released a new album this past Monday, titled 50 Words for Snow. The inspiration for this album title comes from the popular belief that the Eskimo language had many, many words for snow because the Eskimo people differentiated all the different types of snow they experienced. On this album, Kate …

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