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Strikeout

Friday, August 7, 2020
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Music is the universal language: How musical notation and language are linked

Learning musical notation, while similar to learning how to read and write your first words, has instrumental benefits to language development and cognitive functions.
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
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Semantic satiation: Why repeating words lose their meaning

Semantic satiation is a linguistic oddity, and the lack of a solution makes it even more so. Let’s delve into the psychological explanation behind it.
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Friday, July 24, 2020
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English: An inherently hierarchical language

It seems as though most English speakers have to speak a language they don’t know: an apt metaphor for the political and ethical situations of our lives.
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Friday, July 10, 2020
Illustration of a frustrated person sitting at a table, struggling to read and write.

Who needs language skills anyway?

I recognize English to be my first language, but I’m not a native English speaker. Because of that, I’ve discovered how important English is to my life.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
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The dying art of handwritten letters: Why we should revive it

Unlike texting and calling, letters compose a long, uninterrupted monologue with a purpose: to communicate with someone you aren’t seeing in person.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
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Just italicize it: The exclamation point should be abolished

The punctuation mark has become childish, emphasizing the sentence that precedes it as well as sexism in society. I think it should be abolished.
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Suirprsed taht you can raed tihs? Here’s why

The human brain is capable of incredible things. Research shows that our brains can unscramble words due to an ability to make predictions based on context.
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Friday, May 22, 2020
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Reading between the lines: Graffiti’s history, significance

To youths in the 20th century, graffiti represented their identities, from the names they used to the artwork that helped them identify with one another.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
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Clarity and accessibility: How subtitles can help you learn new languages

Whether for clarifying audio or for learning a new language, subtitles undeniably contribute significantly to the quality of the viewer experience.
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Friday, April 24, 2020
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Glorace, not Grace: Appreciating the uniqueness of my name

I often wonder how hard it can possibly be to pronounce or remember my first name. It’s Glorace. Not Grace. Why can’t people ever remember? How many times do I have to correct them, which is unpleasant for me and embarrassing for them?
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Strikeout seeks to clarify, critique and extrapolate on language and grammar present all around us. Here, The Daily Californian’s staff gets the chance to share grammatical expertise and muse about the impacts and influences of the wordy world around us.

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