Sunday, April 19, 2009
Qualia
The plural word 'Qualia', from the Latin for ‘what sort’ or ‘what kind’, is a term of art used in philosophy for sensory occurrences of all kinds. The word itself originates with the American philosopher of the early twentieth century, Clarence Irving Lewis, who considered them distinct from the properties of objects.
Dobro
Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone . The term "dobro&quo...
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Nureongi (누렁이) and Hwangu (황구; 黃狗) are Korean terms meaning "Yellow Dog" used to refer to tannish mongrel or landrace of dog in...
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Three portions of the post-creole continuum : acrolect ( linguistics ) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form. m...