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(Encyclopedia) SelahSelahsēˈlə [key], obscure Hebrew word occurring many times in Psalms and in Habakkuk. Its derivation is unknown. It may be a musical notation signifying a pause or the end of a…accent
(Encyclopedia) accent, in speech, emphasis given a particular sound, called prosodic systems in linguistics. There are three basic accentual methods: stress, tone, and length. In English each word…Aphrah
(Encyclopedia) AphrahAphrahăfˈrə [key], in the punning passage of the Book of Micah, apparently the name of a town. The name meant “dust” in Hebrew or sounded like a word meaning “dust,” hence…Don't Go There: Words and Expressions to Avoid
Don't Go There: Words and Expressions to AvoidDon't Go There: Words and Expressions to AvoidExcerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style © 2003 by Laurie E. Rozakis, Ph.D.. All…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): A Word
by EmilyDickinsonForbidden Fruit (II)VIIA Word A Word A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day.Solve Word Problems Using Measurement Conversions
In this video, Carlos uses the unit conversions he's learned to solve multi-step word problems.Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer
Author:E. Ethelbert Miller St. Martin's Press Besides having one of the most melodious names in poetry, E. Ethelbert Miller has been writing for several decades. Miller, an active presence in…If You Love Words, Consider Studying Linguistics
Linguistics may best be described as the rebar of the humanities—the supportive backbone that will rarely see the light of day. The value of linguistic scholarship to historians, translators, and…Buddhist literature
(Encyclopedia) Buddhist literature. During his lifetime the Buddha taught not in Vedic Sanskrit, which had become unintelligible to the people, but in his own NE Indian dialect; he also encouraged…Aa, in European place names
(Encyclopedia) AaAaä [key] [from a word for “water” of the same Indo-European root as Lat. aqua], name of many small streams of N Europe and Switzerland. Aa, or a derivative of it, is a component…Trending
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