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They're Not What They Seem: Tales of mimcry and deception--- just heard from Janrae Frank who is doing her first anthology in over 10 years.
Archive 2008-03-01 michael 2008
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They're Not What They Seem: Tales of mimcry and deception--- just heard from Janrae Frank who is doing her first anthology in over 10 years.
They're Not What They Seem: Tales of mimcry and deception michael 2008
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I feel sure that there is much here that is intended to be heard, and that not all the intended mimcry comes across on the page.
Keeping Up with Salman Rushdie Fenton, James 1991
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Onstage alone, though, his famous eruptions of spleen become stand-up patter, full of mimcry, mincing and the odd touch of Groucho.
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This is a spoken language trait, like kids '"And he's all' Don't do that! '"using mimcry rather than detached comment.
The New Republic - All Feed John McWhorter 2010
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They have undergone rapid speciation and divergence, and also show an amazing amount of convergence in wing pattern due to mimcry.
Signs of the Times 2010
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- aptitude for oral mimcry (i.e. ‘having a good ear’) - length of residency in an English-speaking environment
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They're Not What They Seem: Tales of mimcry and de...
Get ya red-hot con report here! michael 2008
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Norwescon Itinerary michael 2008
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They're Not What They Seem: Tales of mimcry and de...
People who like my book get Nebula Awards michael 2008
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