The Mind is a Metaphor | Browse the Database
6 days ago by jyllsy
About the Database: The Mind is a Metaphor, is an evolving work of reference, an ever more interactive, more solidly constructed collection of mental metaphorics. This collection of eighteenth-century metaphors of mind serves as the basis for a scholarly study of the metaphors and root-images appealed to by the novelists, poets, dramatists, essayists, philosophers, belle-lettrists, preachers, and pamphleteers of the long eighteenth century.
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6 days ago by jyllsy
Did Stone Age cavemen talk to each other in symbols? | Science | The Observer
10 weeks ago by jyllsy
Previously overlooked patterns in the cave art of southern France and Spain suggest that man might have learned written communication 25,000 years earlier than we thought
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10 weeks ago by jyllsy
The Horse The Wheel And Language by David W Anthony « Dreamflesh Library review
11 weeks ago by jyllsy
The Indo-European problem can be solved today because archaeological discoveries and advances in linguistics have eaten away at problems that remained insoluble as recently as fifteen years ago.
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11 weeks ago by jyllsy
Why “Infographic Thinking” Is The Future, Not A Fad | Co.Design: business + innovation + design
february 2012 by jyllsy
We get a lot of infographic pitches. Almost all of them suck. Why? Because while they may well be "information plus graphics," they often lack what designer Francesco Franchi calls "infographic thinking." This isn’t just "how to make some numbers and vector graphics look clever together." It’s a narrative language--it’s "representation plus interpretation to develop an idea," to quote Franchi.
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february 2012 by jyllsy
Our ancestors speak out after 3 million years - life - 23 November 2011 - New Scientist
december 2011 by jyllsy
Over millions of years, changes to our vocal organs have allowed us to produce a rich mix of sounds. One such change was the loss of the air sac - a balloon-like organ that helps primates to produce booming noises. All primates have an air sac except humans, in whom it has shrunk to a vestigial organ.
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december 2011 by jyllsy
Dash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
october 2011 by jyllsy
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october 2011 by jyllsy
Science Blog Posts powered by BlogBurst | Reuters.com
january 2009 by jyllsy
Researchers in Great Britain and the United States have imaged the first high definition imprints that dolphin sounds make in water. They consider it a real breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language.
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nature
january 2009 by jyllsy
Brains, Minds, and Texts
april 2008 by jyllsy
Mark Turner's The Literary Mind
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april 2008 by jyllsy
Dictionary & Thesaurus - YourDictionary
march 2008 by jyllsy
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march 2008 by jyllsy
Merriam-Webster Online
march 2008 by jyllsy
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march 2008 by jyllsy
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