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Cognitive Linguistics: Understanding Language in Terms of Cognitive Processes.

Cognitive Linguistics: Understanding Language in Terms of Cognitive Processes (A Wild Ride!) (Insert a GIF of a brain doing mental gymnastics) Welcome, language lovers, word nerds, and anyone who's ever…

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Cultural Studies

Cultural Labor: Understanding the Working Conditions and Experiences of People in Cultural Industries.

Cultural Labor: Understanding the Working Conditions and Experiences of People in Cultural Industries (Lecture starts with dramatic spotlight and the sound of a struggling artist playing a slightly-out-of-tune violin) Good…

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Cultural Studies

Cultural Capital (Bourdieu): Understanding How Cultural Knowledge and Tastes Can Be Used to Gain Social Advantage.

Cultural Capital: Your Secret Weapon (or Achilles Heel) in the Social Arena 🎭 Welcome, esteemed learners, to "Cultural Capital: Your Secret Weapon (or Achilles Heel) in the Social Arena!" Prepare…

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Cultural Studies

Antonio Gramsci: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony – Understanding How Dominant Ideologies Are Maintained and Challenged.

Antonio Gramsci: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony – Understanding How Dominant Ideologies Are Maintained and Challenged (Lecture Hall Illustration with Gramsci's face projected on the screen, wearing a slightly mischievous grin. 🧑‍🏫)…

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Cultural Studies

Cultural Appropriation: Understanding the Controversial Adoption of Elements from One Culture by Members of Another Culture.

Cultural Appropriation: Don't Be a Cultural Columbus! 🌎🔍📚 (A Lecture on Borrowing vs. Stealing) Welcome, class, to "Cultural Appropriation 101: How Not to Be That Person at Coachella." 💃🕺 I'm…

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Cultural Studies

National Identity and Culture: Understanding How Cultural Practices, Symbols, and Narratives Contribute to the Formation and Maintenance of National Identity.

National Identity and Culture: A Lecture for Aspiring Patriots (and Curious Cosmopolitans!) Welcome, esteemed students, to Nationalism 101! 🎓 Prepare your minds for a whirlwind tour through the fascinating, sometimes…

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Linguistics

Compositional Semantics: The Meaning of Sentences – Understanding How the Meaning of Words Combines to Create Sentence Meaning.

Compositional Semantics: The Meaning of Sentences – Understanding How the Meaning of Words Combines to Create Sentence Meaning (A Lecture in Semantic Shenanigans 🤪) Welcome, intrepid semantic explorers! Prepare yourselves…

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Cultural Studies

Globalization and Culture: Understanding How Cultural Forms and Practices Circulate Across National Borders and the Effects of Cultural Exchange and Hybridity.

Globalization and Culture: A Whirlwind Tour of Cultural Exchange & Hybridity (Buckle Up, Buttercup!) 🌏🎭🍕 (Professor Armchair's Crash Course on Cultural Chaos) Alright everyone, settle down! Welcome to Globalization and…

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Linguistics

Morphemes: The Smallest Units of Meaning – Understanding Free Morphemes (Words) and Bound Morphemes (Prefixes, Suffixes).

Morphemes: The Smallest Units of Meaning – Understanding Free Morphemes (Words) and Bound Morphemes (Prefixes, Suffixes) (Lecture Transcript - Professor Linguistica's Lexical Lab, Est. 1888... probably) Alright, settle down, settle…

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Linguistics

Phonemes: The Basic Units of Sound – Understanding How Different Sounds Distinguish Meaning in a Language.

Phonemes: The Basic Units of Sound – Understanding How Different Sounds Distinguish Meaning in a Language (Professor Quirky adjusts his oversized glasses, a mischievous twinkle in his eye. He taps…

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