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What is language?
Languages

What is language?

...history and social significance of our communicative abilities. Transcript If this piece has piqued your interest in the world of words, we have many language courses available for you to study. If you want to know more about the function and significance of language, we can particularly recommend the following courses: Or, if you’re looking for a course to develop your...
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Timeline: Engineering the real cyborgs
Science, Maths & Technology

Timeline: Engineering the real cyborgs

...history of how engineering has helped certain disabilities is to click the arrow on the right hand side (or swipe right on a tablet), which will take you through all the entries. You can also investigate various thems such as: 'Heart' or 'Eyes' by selecting the 'Open filters' button on the top right hand side. This will allow you to filter content and only see one theme....
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O' Fortuna: Can you survive Early Modern Europe?
History & The Arts

O' Fortuna: Can you survive Early Modern Europe?

...O Fortuna image] Select the image to start your journey. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Playing on a tablet or mobile device? To play in full-screen mode, tilt your device on the long, landscape side. Delve deeper into history...
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Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...history that do not refer in some way or another to the events of Red Clydeside. As highlighted in these pages, the controversy around the meaning of Red Clydeside for trade unionists, historians, academics and political activists remains a potent source of political debate. The Red Clyde has also become an important historical symbol of working-class protest, which is...
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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...history of Ireland's army barracks and maps their links to current communities...[The Royal Barracks, now Collins Barracks, in Dublin was one of the first purpose-built army barracks constructed in Europe.] Figure 1 The Royal Barracks, now Collins Barracks, in Dublin was one of the first purpose-built army barracks constructed in Europe. Collins Barracks, Dublin (2023)....
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Rocky relations: Why an isolated rock in the Atlantic is a sought after and contested place
Nature & Environment

Rocky relations: Why an isolated rock in the Atlantic is a sought after and contested place

...history of disputes over a tiny Atlantic island’, The Irish Times, June 8, 2019: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/who-owns-rockall-a-history-of-disputes-over-a-tiny-atlantic-island-1.3919668 Owen Bowcott, ‘Who owns Rockall? A history of legal and diplomatic wrangles’, The Guardian, May 30, 2013:
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Rock Clocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Rock Clocks

...history of the climate from clues left in the rocks...[An unsual cliff formation] Our Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. The rock record or ‘geological time’ extends back to 4 billion years ago. Of course it cannot go back right to the formation of Earth, because the young Earth was hot and most of the outer part was probably molten, but even so this is a vast...
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Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage

...history. When I hear the word ‘suffragette’, or come across it in print somewhere, I see visual images. The most powerful include Emmeline Pankhurst caught up in the physically restraining arms of a policeman at the gates of Buckingham Palace when she tried to present a petition to the king. Or how about the grainy footage of the Epsom Derby in June 1913, when Emily...
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