Word: vaux
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True, pronouns like "thee" and "thou" have basically disappeared from common usage. But as Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux says, "Language has a mind of its own...Changes can not be willed by people; they almost always arise unconsciously." In other words, those who might wish to introduce the pronoun "e" into common usage would almost certainly fail, just as feminists who have endorsed the new spelling of "womyn" have met with linguistic resistance...
...higher ratings, Vaux suggests, someinstructors may use images from popular culture toengage waning student interest...
...Vaux warns instructors against drowningstudents in theory or methodology...
...make an effort to collect thisstuff, it will be lost forever," Vaux says...
...Skeptics say] it's studying yourself, andtherefore intellectually bankrupt. Studyingyourself is too easy," Vaux says...