The Zipf Mystery
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Vsauce
The Strange Case of Creating the Oxford English Dictionary (2003)
William Chester Minor, also known as W. C. Minor (June 22, 1834 – March 26, 1920) was an American army surgeon and one of the largest contributors of ...
Remember This
Dictionaries
Describes the usage and evluation of dictionaries and gives examples of the major types of specialized dictionaries.
Andrea Lorenz
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film | David Thomson | Talks at Google
David Thomson - called "without doubt, the greatest living film historian" by the LA Times - is the author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a biography ...
Talks at Google
Can Big Data authors end poverty? Phillip Parker at TEDxSeattle
Philip Parker creates algorithms that generate textbooks, crossword puzzles, dictionaries, poetry and educational video games in any language and distributes ...
TEDx Talks
Determining the Genre of your Book
To sign up for the Hustle Smarter, Not Harder Webinar series, go here: http://app.webinarjam.net/register/42430/6d5014f78d Please thumbs up and subscribe to ...
Kristen Martin
We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDxEuston
Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB http://www.tedxeuston.com Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a renowned Nigerian novelist ...
TEDx Talks
Eat Vegan Before 6:00 | Mark Bittman | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
The Art of Computer Programming | Donald Knuth | Talks at Google
Professor Donald Knuth visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss the interactions between faith and science. This event took place on March ...
Talks at Google
Linda Yueh – What Would the Great Economists Do?
"What Would the Great Economists Do?" comes at the right time: a highly accessible and acute guide to thinking and learning from the men and woman whose ...
Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
In defence of anonymity | Brooke Magnanti | TEDxSalford
Anonymity and pseudonymity has been a refuge for artists and others almost since the beginning of recorded history. In this talk, Brooke explores some of the ...
TEDx Talks
NYSL: Joshua Kendall on "The Forgotten Founding Father"
http://www.nysoclib.org/notes/2011/forgotten_founding.html Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but although there is much ...
The New York Society Library
Co author - Meaning | Pronunciation || Word Wor(l)d - Audio Video Dictionary
Co - watch the video to know the pronunciation & definition / meaning of the word. Click Here to SUBSCRIBE --▻https://goo.gl/b4fiOA Troll / Like / Follow / Pin us ...
Word Wor(l)d
How Cars Came to Rule the Roads
There is little doubt that cars have played a major role in shaping North American cities. But a century ago, it was pedestrians that ruled the roads. According to ...
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Christopher Hitchens in conversation: The Only Subject is Love
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Emory University
Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Lonnie G. Bunch III Secretary, Smithsonian Institution Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director, Hutchins Center for African ...
peabodymuseum
POLITICAL THEORY - Niccolò Machiavelli
Machiavelli's name is a byword for immorality and political scheming. But that's deeply unfair. This was simply a political theorist interested in the survival and ...
The School of Life
Cultivating Unconditional Self-Worth | Adia Gooden | TEDxDePaulUniversity
When a person demands perfection of herself or himself, anything less can feel like failure. Adia Gooden knows this from experience. In addition to her work as a ...
TEDx Talks
Daniel S. Ferguson - African-American Vernacular English: Language, Dialect or Stigmatized English?
This presentation will introduce the linguistic study of AAVE, comparing linguistic phenomena of AAVE and Standard American English (SAE) in the domains of ...
Polyglot Conference
Reviewing the Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary
A review of the Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, explaining its publication history and its usefulness for medievalists. The companion video, unboxing and ...
Alliterative
Ep. 018 | Writing
Joshua Fields Millburn discusses writing tips and best practices. Watch “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at ...
The Minimalists
How does word choice affect tone and meaning?
Learn the difference between denotation and connotation, how connotations create the author's tone, and how both create meaning. Closely study a poem by ...
mistersato411
Spanish Language Adult Book Buzz, Session I
Find out what's new in the Spanish Language publishing industry for adults. The REFORMA Virtual Spanish Language Book Buzz Summer Series is intended ...
REFORMA National
Making the most of the Oxford English Dictionary in the classroom (US version)
Katherine Martin, Head of U.S. Dictionaries at Oxford University Press, presented about exploring the OED to make full use of its resources for research and ...
Oxford Languages
REEL TIME: Christopher Ricks on Eliot’s Auditory Imagination | Woodberry Poetry Room
Christopher Ricks (author of T.S. Eliot and Prejudice; Decisions and Revisions in T.S. Eliot; and T.S. Eliot: Inventions of the March Hare) explores the editorial ...
Harvard University
New Guideline for Evaluating and Managing Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
The American Thoracic Society has published an official clinical guideline on the evaluation and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome in the ...
American Thoracic Society
Chinese American Literary Studies in China Today
This lecture will focus on the recent development of Chinese American literature teaching and research in China, by presenting both the data found online and ...
aaaricuny
Unboxing the Oxford Latin Dictionary
Unboxing and reviewing the 2nd edition of the Oxford Latin Dictionary, with some discussion of its particular uses. The companion video, reviewing the Lewis ...
Alliterative
The Origins of Romanticism
"What is 'Romanticism'? Jonathan Bate goes in search of what Isaiah Berlin described as 'the greatest single shift in the consciousness of the West'. A lecture by ...
Gresham College
APA In-Text Citations Made Easy
Whenever you use a source, you must have an in-text citation and a reference citation. They're a matched pair--like shoes or gloves. What are the differences ...
David Taylor
Celebrating 100 Years of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary | Fiona McPherson
Senior OED Editor Fiona McPherson talks us through the history of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as it celebrates its centenary.
Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Defining the English Language
Jack Lynch, professor of English at Rutgers University, discusses Samuel Johnson's Dictionary. Two volumes thick and 2300 pages long, Samuel Johnson's ...
GBH Forum Network
Why is English spelling so weird?
The video explains how three men from different eras had a profound effect on the English language and the reasons why English spelling is so weird.
their vs. there
Pierangelo Buongiorno: The "Dictionary" of Dependencies in the Roman Empire: Some Remarks
The study of semantics and lexical fields is a valuable tool for understanding the evolution of asymmetric dependencies. This is also true (and perhaps above all) ...
Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies
Grove Music Online, the ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide
Grove Music Online is the leading online resource for music research, a comprehensive compendium of music scholarship. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com It ...
Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)
Has a Major English Dictionary Ever Spelled an Entry Name Incorrectly?
If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our ...
Today I Found Out
Create an Interactive Book With iBooks Author
For many, ebooks are simply a digital version of a printed book, consisting simply of text and the occasional image. Textbooks and other non-fictional literature ...
Tuts+ Computer Skills
Proof The US Is An Oligarchy, Not A Democracy
SUPPORT the 28th Amendment to #GetMoneyOut http://www.wolf-pac.com/petition?=tyt.... CLICK HERE to support Wolf PAC: ...
The Young Turks
What books should I read to improve my English
http://www.engvid.com/ As a teacher, one of the most common questions I receive from students is "What books should I read to improve my English?" In this ...
Learn English with Alex [engVid]
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even ...
Microsoft Research
Laurence Senelick - 2019 Oscar Brockett Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education Awardee
This interview was conducted with Professor Laurence Senelick after he was announced as the 2019 Oscar Brockett Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher ...
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Mama put in the OED: World Englishes and the Oxford English Dictionary
One of the main goals of the OED's ambitious revision project is widening the geographical coverage of the dictionary. This is in recognition of the fundamental ...
Oxford Languages
