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latent learning
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machine learning
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trial-and-error learning
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An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning
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etymology
etymology , branch of linguistics that investigates the history, development, and origin of words. It was this study that chiefly revealed the regular relations of sounds in the Indo-European languages (as described in Grimm's law ) and led to the historical investigation of language in the 19th... Read more |
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learning disabilities
learning disabilities in education, any of various disorders involved in understanding or using spoken or written language, including difficulties in listening, thinking, talking, reading , writing, spelling, or arithmetic . They may affect people of average or above-average intelligence.... Read more |
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Johannes Cocceius
Johannes Cocceius , 1603-69, German theologian, whose surname was originally Koch or Koken. Born in Bremen, he went to Holland, where he was professor at Francken and Leiden. He produced many learned writings, among them his great dictionary of the Hebrew language (1669), often reprinted. Cocceius... Read more |
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Dictionary of American Biography
Dictionary of American Biography, biographies of outstanding Americans, published in 20 volumes (1928–36), and based on the plan of the English Dictionary of National Biography. Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, and financed mainly by The New York... Read more |
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language acquisition
language acquisition the process of learning a native or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is studied primarily by developmental psychologists and psycholinguists. Although how children learn to speak is not perfectly understood, most explanations involve both the observation... Read more |
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Manteo
Manteo (Flourished 1580s) C ROATOAN TRIBAL LEADER Source Journey to England.Manteo traveled voluntarily to England in 1584 with the initial ships sent to North Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh. He learned English rapidly while living in London. He ... Read more |
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‘Johnsons Dictionary’, A Dictionary of the English Language
...Dictionary of the English Language, by S. Johnson...others to write a dictionary, the first of its...was to produce ‘a dictionary by which the pronunciation...from every field of learning and literature from...the Oxford English ... |
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Where they went: Cambodia and Thailand
...as a second language. "We offered...again. The Johnsons are helping...daughter left, the Johnsons went on to a...Not only is learning pronunciation...We keep the dictionary at the dinner table." When the Johnsons are back ... |