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* study of the origin of words  
* study of the origin of words  
* study of change in meaning of words over time<br />
* study of change in meaning of words over time<br />
== Language quirks and facts ==
=== English synonymous & part of speech word use ===
* the English language has more unique words than any other language
** Arabic has more words through compound word use, but those compounds are made up of individual words as opposed to word parts
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=== "Love" in Greek ===
* >> to do .
** see John 21:15
=== "Thanks to" and "because of" in Russian ===
* Russian uses a distinct word for the positive and negative connotations of "because of" or "thanks to"
** ''благодаря'' = positive connotation
*** as in "Thanks to hard studying, I aced the test"
** ''из за'' = negative connotation
*** "I lost points on my paper because of having forgotten about the due date"
=== "Curry a favor" ===  
=== "Curry a favor" ===  
* excellent demonstration of how language morphs across space and time
* excellent demonstration of how language morphs across space and time