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Discover English in the LearningSpaceCreative Commons Image incurable_hippie under CC-BY-NC licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 July 2011

Want to get to know our mother tongue like one of your own family? Spend some time in the LearningSpace...  Read more : Discover English in the LearningSpace

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Iain Banks talks writing, world events and Mastermind  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Derek Neale (The Open University), Iain Banks (Guest)

27 January 2011

Author Iain Banks talks to the OU's Derek Neale about the digitisation of books, his writing process, the impact of world events on his work...  Read more : Iain Banks talks writing, world events and Mastermind

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The fable of fraternity, fratricide and weasel-word wisdomCreative Commons Image richardrichard under CC-BY-ND licence

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

05 October 2010

Falling back on jargon provides comfort, but not much clarity, as markets attempt the trade-off between size and stability.  Read more : The fable of fraternity, fratricide and weasel-word wisdom

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Darwin Now pod 6: Language diversity Featuring: audio, Jupiter Images

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Dr Quentin Atkinson (Guest), Professor Mark Pagel (Guest)

10 November 2009

Do languages evolve in the same way as species do in nature? If so, how can evolutionary biologists shed light on the study of language...  Read more : Darwin Now pod 6: Language diversity

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Words & language: Points for debateCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 September 2009

Inspired by Word4Word, our forum members joined the debate about how we communicate, and what our language tells us.  Read more : Words & language: Points for debate

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Debate: Pacific v specificCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

29 July 2009

Forum member Dianeuk raised a pet hate  Read more : Debate: Pacific v specific

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Debate: CareenCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 July 2009

Forum member Kasper shared one of his language peeves  Read more : Debate: Careen

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Emotive languageLes Cunliffe | Dreamstime.com

By Nigel Warburton (The Open University)

06 August 2008

Nigel Warburton helps us grapple with the nuts and bolts of thinking clearly, with the aim of presenting good, clear, logical arguments  Read more : Emotive language

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Debate: The silly slipCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

20 February 2008

Forum guest David O was curious as to how words change their meanings  Read more : Debate: The silly slip

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Debate: Indian influenceCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

19 December 2007

Forum member Rob Owen was on the trail of the words borrowed from Indian languages.  Read more : Debate: Indian influence

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