linguistics
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Exploring the origin and utility of slang
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Do you ever find yourself unable to convey the message you want without the use of slang? Perhaps your elongated “yaaaas” is justified, and your incessant use of “beauty” can be accepted as your inability to use breadth of vocabulary to express your thoughts. While it has the potential to alienate, it can also be…
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Cheating or ‘ratting’?
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During an exam for one of the three hardest courses in my program, a student sitting behind me dropped her iPhone. All three of the proctors didn’t even flinch. Moreover, neither I nor the classmates around me reported it. The student code of conduct and discipline outlines the types of academic misconduct as copying from…
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