Edron TOK

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Sapir Whorf Hypothesis

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Labels: Language

Friday, July 27, 2018

The limitations of Language in Art

Stanley Kubrick: "There are certain areas of feeling and reality—or unreality or innermost yearning, whatever you want to call it—which are notably inaccessible to words. Music can get into these areas. Painting can get into them. Non-verbal forms of expression can. But words are a terrible strait jacket."

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Labels: Art, Language

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Should some languages be allowed to die?

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Labels: Language

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Linguistic Determinism

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Stephen Fry on Language

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Friday, January 1, 2016

Introduction to Language

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Why is English the Language of Science?

English as the Scientific Language

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Labels: History, Language, Science

Monday, October 19, 2015

Thinking through Language

Thinking Through Language

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The Importance of Correct Translation

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Labels: Language

Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Science of Sarcasm

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Bertrand Russell on Language

On Denoting, Bertrand Russell(1905)

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Friday, July 4, 2014

Chimp Communication

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Lost in Translation

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Labels: Language

Untranslatable Words

20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words From Around the World

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Lingusitic Determinism in Fiction

Linguistic Determinism in Fiction

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Thinking Through Language

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Irony

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Friday, June 6, 2014

Ambiguous Language

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Forgotten English Words

16 Weird Forgotten English Words

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Limitations of Education

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Labels: Knowledge and belief, Language

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Hi! This was originally intended as an archive of material for my TOK students (Formerly The Lancaster School, now The Edron Academy Mexico City) and to help me to save paper. I'm hoping now that other students (and teachers) from elsewhere might find the odd piece of useful and/or interesting information here. I'd welcome all comments, corrections, thoughts and advice (preferably non-abusive).

The new url may mean some old links are not working. Please feel free to leave me a comment if this is the case and I'll correct them.