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The Origins of Speech

by Tom Wolfe,

In the beginning was Chomsky

From 216 words expressing well-being, happiness, and pleasure that were collected by Tim Lomas, a lecturer at the University of East London. Lomas’s paper “Towards a Positive Cross-cultural Lexicography” was…

Lust in translation

by George Steiner,

Accentuate the negative

by Harper’s Staff,

Notes of a word-watcher

by Lewis Thomas,

In praise of idleness

by Francine du Plessix Gray,

The credible word

by John Berger,

Brain size and language

by John Cunningham Lilly,

Rules of the game

by Tony Jones,

The torments of translation

by Leo Calvin Rosten,

Language and languages

The Origins of Speech

[Untitled]

Joy to The World

Lust in translation

Accentuate the negative

Notes of a word-watcher

In praise of idleness

The credible word

Brain size and language

Rules of the game

The torments of translation

Debug

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The Origins of Speech

[Untitled]

Joy to The World

Lust in translation

Accentuate the negative

Notes of a word-watcher

In praise of idleness

The credible word

Brain size and language

Rules of the game

The torments of translation

July 1972

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