In contrast,human language is open-ended and productive, meaning that it allows humans to produce a vast range of utterances from a finite set of elements, and to create new words and sentences.This is possible because human language is based on a dual code, in which a finite number of e...
[Lila: My previous post reported on thewidespread use in current Tamil Nadu TV (Sun TV serials) of occult symbols drawn from mother- goddess (Amma) worship,accompanied by imagery of lamias and snakes and references to divination, seances, and black magic. Was this intended to reinforce the ...
1pice= 1/4 Anna = 1/64 rupee (in Tamil, we called this coin ஓட்டைக் காலணா /oattaikaalana, meaning 1/4 Anna with a hole). . . 1/2 Anna = 1/32 Rupee . 1 Anna = 1/16 rupee . 2 Annas = 1/8 rupee . 1/4 rupee . 1/2 Rupee . One Rup...
Together with Willoughby D. Miller, Jenkins developed the first toothpaste containing disinfectants. He named it Kolynos – a combination of two Greek words,Kolyo nosos(κωλύω νόσος), meaning “disease prevention”. Numerous attempts to produce the toothpaste by pharmacists in Europ...
gwek5(Cantonese)/yuètái kòngxì(Mandarin), the 'platform gap'. This version is somewhat more informative than the bald English version. But 'platform gap' is still not immediately clear in its meaning. A Chinese speaker hearing the phrase could interpret it as some kind of gap in the ...
can affect the meaning-making process. However, it is difficult to find low-anxiety environments for beginners to practice a language that they are still not yet that familiar with. To address this, Mango Languages embedded advanced pronunciation training in the form of its voice comparison ...
This is a welcome change. Now people! Search the meaning of Numeracy. If you have already done it! Well done! (I googled too!! ) I love that our government is segregating Literacy and Numeracy. Because they are not the same.
Aadhaar, as duly noted on this blog, has the same meaning as Al Qaeda, that is, ‘the base’..which is another word for a ‘the foundation’. But it is also a pun on a more obviously ominous word –‘data-base.’ A data-base of human beings, that is. ...
Together with Willoughby D. Miller, Jenkins developed the first toothpaste containing disinfectants. He named it Kolynos – a combination of two Greek words,Kolyo nosos(κωλύω νόσος), meaning “disease prevention”. Numerous attempts to produce the toothpaste by pharmacists in Europ...