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  2. Glenwood, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Glenwood is located at (41.544943, -87.612052 [3]According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Glenwood has a total area of 3.26 square miles (8.44 km 2), all land. [4]The Glenwood Shoreline, an ancient shoreline of Lake Chicago, is within the village.

  3. Languages of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The English of Illinois varies from Inland Northern in the northern part of the state, to Midland and Southern further south. The Northern Cities Vowel Shift is advanced in Chicago and its vicinity, and some features of the shift can be heard along The St. Louis Corridor, a southwestern extension of the NCVS stretching from the Chicago area to St. Louis. [6]

  4. Glenwood Shoreline - Wikipedia

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    Glacial Lake Chicago at the Glenwood Shoreline. The Glenwood Shoreline is an ancient shoreline of the precursor to Lake Michigan, Lake Chicago. It is named after the town of Glenwood, Illinois. The shoreline was formed when the lake was higher during the last ice age, while ice blocked the Straits of Mackinac. After the straits were freed, the ...

  5. Language development - Wikipedia

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    R.L Trask also argues in his book Language: The Basics that deaf children acquire, develop and learn sign language in the same way hearing children do, so if a deaf child's parents are fluent sign speakers, and communicate with the baby through sign language, the baby will learn fluent sign language. And if a child's parents aren't fluent, the ...

  6. Glenwood - Wikipedia

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    Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal, a suburb of Durban, South Africa Glenwood, Glenrothes , Fife, Scotland Glenwood, a former council ward covering parts of Castlemilk , Glasgow, Scotland

  7. Brookwood School District 167 - Wikipedia

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    Brookwood School District 167 is an elementary school district based in the southern Cook County, Illinois village of Glenwood; it serves a periphery of the city of Chicago. The district is composed of two elementary schools, one middle school, and one junior high school; all schools are located within Glenwood. [ 2 ]

  8. History of English - Wikipedia

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    Late Modern English has many more words, arising from the Industrial Revolution and technologies that created a need for new words, as well as international development of the language. The British Empire at its height covered one quarter of the Earth's land surface, and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries. British ...

  9. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The official language of Illinois is English, [139] although between 1923 and 1969, state law gave official status to "the American language". Nearly 80% of people in Illinois speak English natively, and most of the rest speak it fluently as a second language. [ 140 ]