In this episode we will deal with Imagism, Cubism, Surrealism and Harlem Renassaince

In this episode, we will deal with Impressionism and Expressionism in literature 😃

In this episode, I introduce the topic of Modernism in literature:)

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In this episode, we deal with:

In this episode, we will deal with:

In this episode, we will deal with the following topics:

1. SYNTAGMATIC VS PARADIGMATIC RELATIONS

2. SYNCHRONIC VS DIACHRONIC STUDIES

3. FORMALISM vs FUNCTIONALISM

4. LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM and LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

5. MOULD AND CLOAK THEORIES

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In this episode, we will deal with several topics:

In this episode, we will talk about the properties of language (topic from Linguistics I theoretical material).

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Universal properties of languages mentioned in this episode:

-MODULARITY

-CONSTITUENCY

-RECURSION

-DISCRETENESS

-PRODUCTIVITY

-ARBITRARINESS

-DUALITY

-RELIANCE ON CONTEXT

- VARIABILITY

-MUTABILITY

En este episodio hablamos sobre Appearances and Stereotypes.

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Definicion de stereotypes: "Initial predictions about strangers based on incomplete information about their culture, race, religion, or ethnicity. This form of blind categorization leads to false assumptions about people and causes misunderstandings, hostility, abusive behaviours, conflicts, discrimination, and prejudice".

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Los textos mencionados son:

-"Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgements" by R. Heilbroner

-"The Science of Stereotyping: An Interview with Elizabeth and Stuart Allen" by Steven Heller

-"The World; Formerly Arrogant, Utterly Argentine (a New York Times' article by Calvin Sims)

-"Can Poeple Be Judged by their Appearance" by Eric Berne

-"The Biology of Beauty" (an article from Newsweek)

-Collumbus Day in the USA (NPR Radio interview)

En este episodio vamos a hablar sobre la cultura de "conformity". Los textos que se tendran en cuenta son "The Urge to Conform" by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero, "How Unwritten Rules Circumscribe our Lives" by Bob Greene, y "The Antropology of Manners" by Edward T. Hall.

A continuación dejo una lista de vocabulario relacionado:

a misfit - an outcast - a castaway - lonely - solitary - bizarre -odd - weird - to rebel - to revolt - a lone wolf - a freak - a pariah- a crank -a reactionary - a square peg in a round table
- an outsider -a queer fish - adherent - conformist - rebellious -
unconventional - anarchistic - yielding - maladjusted -submissive -dissident - seditious - manageable - eccentric
deviant - individualistic - reactionary - docile - transgressive -meek -compliant - independent-minded

to fit the pattern - to do as others do - defy - transgress -segregating - be contravened, excluded, opposed, infringed - give the cold shoulder - go with the crowd/flow - to follow the herd - to get/brought/fall in (to) line - to stay/ retire/crawl in (to) their shell - to go your way - go it alone/ stand aloof/ keep yourself to yourself