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Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression
Languages

Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression

...writings using the corpus analysis software Wmatrix, I was able to show for example, that she statistically significantly overused words and expressions that suggested a categorical, polarized world view (e.g. always, never, everyone, nobody, all, nothing etc.). She seemed to see the world in stark contrasts more than others. At the same time, she also overused...
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Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

...write, recognise visually and aurally, and memorise some of the most frequently used characters in a systematic, friendly and fun way. Most importantly it helps you to form phrases and sentences with the limited characters learnt. For information on how to download the app, click here or on the image below. [A picture of a dragon.] This app contains the first 200 plus...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...writing, particularly in education, is often done for assessment purposes. As a result, you might have feelings of being judged or assessed by what and how you write when sharing your thoughts on an online learning forum. 2. Having addressed some of the potential problems with using online learning forums, now consider the benefits, some of which were discussed in Section...
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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...write poetry, finding the use of metaphor helpful to grapple with and try to understand my experiences. Some I felt moved to create tunes for and others would fit themselves to tunes of familiar songs as they played on the radio or my own collections. Poetry and song writing became newly appealing as a way to care for myself and express things hard to articulate in...
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Effective note taking
Education & Development

Effective note taking

...writing, note taking helps you extend your attention span. Why are you making notes? Ask yourself – what do I already know about the subject? What additional information do I need? What questions do I want to answer? Listen carefully to the start of a lecture to establish the structure of the session. Listen for ‘signposts’ e.g., ‘there are three key points’,...
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Outside the book: two styles of love
History & The Arts

Outside the book: two styles of love

This video conveys how love expressed in Petrarchan and Libertine poetry says a lot about renaissance patriarchy...Transcript View the other animations in this series Learn more about writing and interpreting poetry
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How did music influence Virgina Woolf?
History & The Arts

How did music influence Virgina Woolf?

...writing about these occasions. She records with glee the various mishaps that befall musicians and audiences – a prima donna throwing down her music in a rage; a button popping off the plump Clive Bell’s waistcoat during the slow movement of a piano sonata; an elderly man crashing loudly but astonishingly unhurt down the stairs at Covent Garden. The social...
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