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  Precerpt (excerpt prior to publication) from My 20th Language by Betty Lou Leaver, Ph.D. --  Chapter 1 The Incredibly Important Role of University Studies By the time I graduated from Penn State University shortly after my twenty-first birthday, I was definitively fluent in five languages by any reasonable definition of fluency: English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish, listed in order of proficiency at that time (though today Russian would rank right after English). I had completed advanced courses in literature, stylistics, linguistics—including morphology, syntax, and advanced grammar—and composition in all of them. I had also taken teaching methods in Spanish under a professor widely considered the best in foreign language pedagogy. My proficiency extended well beyond basic communication. I could write essays, poetry, and fiction in all five languages, tailoring my language use to specific audiences. I could read virtually anything and grasp cultural implicatio...

  Peek into the future! Wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Cold Heat and Crazy Doctor, a new book by Betty Lou Leaver, highlighting the hilarious language usage of a CHARGE Syndrome child/adult with disinhibition and providing scientific explanations for the lexical choices.  Watch for upcoming excerpts. For more posts about Betty Lou Leaver and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want...

    Peek into the future! Wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Cold Heat and Crazy Doctor, a new book by Betty Lou Leaver, highlighting the hilarious language usage of a CHARGE Syndrome child/adult with disinhibition and providing scientific explanations for the lexical choices.  Watch for upcoming excerpts. For more posts about Betty Lou Leaver and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.co...

    Peek into the future! Wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Cold Heat and Crazy Doctor, a new book by Betty Lou Leaver, highlighting the hilarious language usage of a CHARGE Syndrome child/adult with disinhibition and providing scientific explanations for the lexical choices.  Watch for upcoming excerpts. For more posts about Betty Lou Leaver and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.co...

    Peek into the future! Wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Cold Heat and Crazy Doctor, a new book by Betty Lou Leaver, highlighting the hilarious language usage of a CHARGE Syndrome child/adult with disinhibition and providing scientific explanations for the lexical choices.  Watch for upcoming excerpts. For more posts about Betty Lou Leaver and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.co...

    Peek into the future! Wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Cold Heat and Crazy Doctor, a new book by Betty Lou Leaver, highlighting the hilarious language usage of a CHARGE Syndrome child/adult with disinhibition and providing scientific explanations for the lexical choices.  Watch for upcoming excerpts. For more posts about Betty Lou Leaver and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.co...

    Peek into the future! Wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Cold Heat and Crazy Doctor, a new book by Betty Lou Leaver, highlighting the hilarious language usage of a CHARGE Syndrome child/adult with disinhibition and providing scientific explanations for the lexical choices.  Watch for upcoming excerpts. For more posts about Betty Lou Leaver and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.co...