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Adjectives Versus Adverbs: A Note on Adjectives and Adverbs for Non-Native Speakers
A Note on Adjectives and Adverbs for Non-Native SpeakersAdjectives Versus AdverbsIntroductionThree Degrees of SeparationTough Sledding: Using Adjectives After Linking VerbsA Note on Adjectives and…American Indian and Alaska Native Languages Spoken at Home by Persons 5 Years and Over in Households: 2000
More than 350,000 people in America speak American Indian or Alaska Native languages at home. This is how the languages break down. The data was published as part of the…Holmes, William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Holmes, William Henry, 1846–1933, American geologist, anthropologist, and museum director, b. Harrison co., Ohio. He was internationally recognized for his work in museum science. In…Allen, James Lane
(Encyclopedia) Allen, James Lane, 1849–1925, American novelist, b. Lexington, Kentucky. Among his stylized, “genteel” novels set in his native region are A Kentucky Cardinal (1894), Aftermath (1895…Yokuts
(Encyclopedia) YokutsYokutsyōˈk&oobreve;ts [key], Native North Americans of S California. Their culture was essentially that of the California cultural area, and their basketry and pictographs…Squanto
(Encyclopedia) Squanto or Tisquantum, d. 1622, Native American of the Patuxet (or Pawtuxet) band, part of the Wampanoag confederation. He is sometimes thought to be the Native American taken to…Means, Russell
(Encyclopedia) Means, Russell, 1939–2012, Native American activist, b. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.Dak. An Oglala Sioux, he grew up near San Francisco, and attended four colleges but never…camass
(Encyclopedia) camass or camascamasboth: kămˈəs [key], any species of the genus Camassia (or Quamasia), hardy North American plants of the family Lilaceae (lily family), chiefly of moist places in…Cadman, Charles Wakefield
(Encyclopedia) Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881–1946, American composer, b. Johnstown, Pa. Although he is known to the public principally for two songs—From the Land of the Sky-blue Water, based on…Kechua
(Encyclopedia) Kechua: see Quechua; Native American languages.Trending
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