Article: Expressions.(Fun With Words)

Article: Try reading Sumerian.(Activity)
Calliope;  September 1, 2003 ;     669 words ...Sumerian was the spoken language during the Early Dynastic period (c. 2900-2350 B.C while Akkadian-a language similar to Arabic and Hebrew-had replaced it as the spoken language by the beginning of the second millennium B.C., but Sumerian retained an important place in scholarly and religious

Article: Teachers' Acquisition of Knowledge about English ...
Annals of Dyslexia;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... suggests that teachers' knowledge about English word structure (e.g., the phonological ... education must include information about English word structure for educators who will teach ... phonological and orthographic aspects of English word structure, including the phonological ...

Article: "Slumdog Millionaire" terms compete to be millionth ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 6, 2009 ;     321 words ... ... Slumdog Millionaire" terms compete to be millionth English word NEW DELHI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The Indian term ... finalists from across the globe to become the millionth English word, reported the private Indo- Asian News Service on ...

Article: What a let-down! The millionth English word arrives ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... only hours before Web 2.0, so becoming the 999,997th English word recognised by GLM. Defined as 'a formerly disparaging ... current financial crisis'. Or how about 'greenwashing', English word number 999,992, defined as: 'Rebranding an old, often ...

Article: Middle English Word Studies: A Word and Author ...
Medium Aevum;  September 22, 2001 ;     546 words ...Louise Sylvester and Jane Roberts, Middle English Word Studies: A Word and Author Index (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000). 322 pp. ISBN 0-85991-606-5. 35.00 [pounds ...

Article: THE millionth English word.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 16, 2009 ;     253 words ...Byline: Sue Carroll THE millionth English word is Web 2.0. Great. Can we now take some words OUT of the English language? Starting with Expenses.

Article: Twitter named 'top English word'.
Asian News International;  November 30, 2009 ;     449 words ... ... Byline: ANI London, November 30 (ANI): Twitter, the popular phenomenon of social networking, has been named the top English word this year in a survey. Texas-based Global Language Monitor put together a list of the top words and phrases and found ...