English has been portrayed as the language of opportunity. It has more advantages than other languages in...
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Writing is one of the activities that makes us humans so unique. For thousands of years, the...
This kind of dehumanization leads to violence. United States politicians are no strangers to using unkind language...
Writing is the most important invention because it makes all the other innovations possible. While researching a...
Etruscan was a relatively isolated language not connected with the Indo-European languages of Italy. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
Deciphering Linear B, the earliest form of Greek, was a history-changing achievement, but decoding the older Linear...
The truth is that entering an intimate relationship with a new language often colors everything. Learning a...
Researchers say it’s time to finally discard a decades-old theory about the origins of human language. Introduction...
A linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical. I met the last speaker of Naati...
Harriot had the right temperament for his diplomatic role – he was open, curious, and notably non-judgmental....
At the very least, in order for spoken language to be a possibility, a species has to...
Ethnographer Daisy Bates recorded many Aboriginal languages in the early 20th century, which would otherwise be lost...
Linguists are using new technology to return decades-old recordings of near-extinct languages to the communities where they...
While we’re losing biological diversity, we’re also losing linguistic and cultural diversity at the same time. This...
The Abbott Papyrus from ancient Thebes / British Museum The Egyptians used a variety of terms to...
Remaining examples include religious, mathematical, musical and astronomical texts. Key Points The principal languages of ancient Mesopotamia...
It takes about a millennium for dialects to become languages. Simple questions often yield complex answers. For...
Phoenician is a Canaanite language closely related to Hebrew. Introduction Very little is known about the Canaanite...
West Africa is a place of great diversity – in language, in writing, in the hugely varied...
During the fifteenth century, and notably in Italy, the art of translating was profoundly changed by Humanists...
The silver industry influenced life in the colonial Americas and the Atlantic world on social, political, and...
What is it to understand a language, hence others? By Dr. Paul TomassiFormer Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of...
Creative Commons At the intersection of applied linguistics and journalism studies lies media linguistics. Â Â By Dr....
Dance is a unique way of passing on cultural stories to a younger generation. Aaron Hawkins/Flickr.com Many Native languages are dying,...
First lines of Beowulf from the damaged Nowell Codex Old English arose from the set of varieties...
This bilingual papyrus containing magical spells and recipes dates from the early third century A.D. and is...
Will learning sax make you better at French? Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton, CC BY-NC-ND Music is what penetrates most...
To communicate is human – but how did language originally get started? Scott Johnson, CC BY-NC-ND What can a bunch of people grunting...
It is nearly impossible for us to know or be sure about the earliest human language ever...
Cheeky. Tim Large Most people’s shortbread-tin ideas about the Highlands and Islands are missing a key traditional ingredient. By Dr. Peter Mackay / 10.24.2017...