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Added 11 years ago by Brad • Updated 16 days ago by RandomMan
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EVOLVING FROM VIOLENT LANGUAGE X INSTEAD OF Anna Taylor We're going to pull the trigger I'll take a stab at [it] Did we jump the gun? I'll bite the bullet That'll kill two birds with one stone What's the deadline? We have to pick our battles Can you shoot me an email? That was overkill I bombed the presentation Let's just roll with the punches We can soften the blow by... I'm going to take a shot in the dark That's not a bad idea Let's not beat a dead horse I was blown away by her presentation I was kicking around an idea He's a straight shooter in meetings SAY THIS We're going to launch I'll take the first pass at [it] Did we start too soon? I won't avoid it any longer That'll feed two birds with one scone What's the due date? We have to choose our opportunities Can you send me an email? That was a bit excessive I didn't do my best Let's just move forward We can make it a little easier by... I'm going to take a guess That's a good idea Let's not focus on that anymore I was impressed by her presentation I was thinking through an idea He's pretty direct in meetings English Insults Spanish Insults saying anything in Russian Casually ordering food in German Grammar cynical-jerks-r-us: "Bite me, a------" grammatically correct and scathing "Bite me a------" kinky pirate heros-of-the-bluebox: sluttyoliveoil: cough rough though through why dont these words rhyme but for some god forsaken reason pony and bologna do Why tock-tick does not sound right to your ears ver wondered why we say gin-material-purpose noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you'll sound tick-tock, not tock-tick, or ding-dong, not dong. ding; King Kong, not Kong King? Turns out it is one of the unwritten rules of English that na- tive speakers know without knowing like a maniac" That explains why we say little green men" not The rule, explains a BBC article, is: "If there are three words then the order has to go I, A, O. If there are two words then the first is I and the sec- ond is either A or O. Mish mash, chit-chat, dilly-dally, shilly-shally tip top, hip-hop, flip-flop, tic tac, sing song, ding dong, King Kong, ping pong." "green little men," but Big Bad Wolf" sounds like a gross violation of the "opinion (bad)-size (big)- noun (wolf)'"order.It won't though, if you recall the first rule about the L-A-O order That rule seems inviolable: "All four of a horse's feet make exactly the same sound. But we always, always say clip-clop, nev There's another unwrittern rule at work in the name Little Red Riding Hood, says the article. er clop-clip." This rule even has a techni cal name, if you care to know Adjectives in English abso lutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-ori- it-the rule of ablaut reduplica- then life is simpler knowing that we know the rule without knowing it. PLAY IT BY EAR: If a word sequence sounds wrong, it is probably wrong For more: BBC adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you'll sound like a maniac. It's an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out. And as size comes before colour, green great dragons can't exist.

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Language is the basic capacity of the human brain for complex systems of communication, either written or verbal, and is necessary to convey information between most autonomous subjects. The word "language," as thus, refers to a specific and distinct example of such communication. There are an estimated 7,000 languages existing in the world today.

Origin

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There are many theories as to the origin of language, with most scholars, such as Charles Darwin, suggesting it couldn't just happen suddenly, but was absolutely necessary and evolved with the human species. These are referred to as continuity-based theories. Because the origins of language have to be located in human prehistory, exact dates and time frames are merely speculative, and can't, with today's technology, be reasonably determined.

Spread

After it's assumed origins, language slowly, over the course of millions of years, grew on the human race. The three most popular divisions of language today are the Indo-European family, including such languages as English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Hindi; the Sino-Tibetan languages, which include Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and many others; Semitic languages, which include Arabic, Amharic, and Hebrew; and the Bantu languages, which include Swahili, Zulu, Shona, and hundreds of other languages spoken throughout Africa.

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Language also includes signed language, which is spoken mainly in deaf communities, but also whenever something needs to be conveyed silently.

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