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Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 13, 2011praxis \PRAK-sis\, noun: 1. Practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills. They wanted literature to be closer to praxis, but at the same time they sought to preserve the aesthetic autonomy of a work of art, which precluded practical involvement. "Classically," he said, "the revolution proceeds at the most general level along dialectical lines between theory and praxis, praxis and theory." Praxis comes into English from the same Greek word, meaning "deed, act, action." | |||||||||
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  Do bilingual babies actually have more brain power?A recent study led by Janet Werker, a psychologist at Vancouver's University of British Columbia, suggests that children who learn two languages at once may have increased cognitive abilities such as enhanced visual and auditory sensitivity. While Werker does not believe that a person must grow up in a bilingual environment to gain such advantages,... | |||||||||
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