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Language Matters and Computational Linguistics

I’m rather disappointed with the second edition of Language Matters, by Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld. The second edition was published in 2010, which has some minor updates to the earlier 2003 edition, along with some added material. Chapter … Continue reading

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Ancient Writing and the Odyssey

How are texts passed down through history? In my English 301H class, we’re studying a modern english translation of The Odyssey, by Homer. Interestingly, scholars believe that the Odyssey and the Iliad were both composed some five hundred years before … Continue reading

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