You’ve probably seen “Esq.” at the end of a lawyer’s name and wondered what it means. In...
Linguistics
First words forward. By Dr. Elena L. GrigorenkoHugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of PsychologyDirector,...
Cataloguing the planet’s 7,000-plus languages. By Dr. Damián BlasiProfessorCatalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Introduction...
What might our first words have been? By Dan FalkScience Journalist According to Guinness World Records, the world’s...
In a world that thrives on communication and connectivity, learning new languages has become more valuable than...
Introduction Translation helps people share ideas between languages. Translators change words and phrases from one language to...
Linguists and archaeologists have argued for decades about where, and when, the first Indo-European languages were spoken....
Russian literature shaped the development of Korean culture after being translated into Japanese. The basic give and...
How a feathered serpent god presided over a forgotten golden age of Mexican art. When the curator...
Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals, and landscapes embedded in...
The language’s survival will rely on the young to be proud of their heritage. By Timothy Wright...
Languages and indigenous knowledge systems that make them one with the land and are crucial. By Minnie...
The basis for the writing system known as the ‘alphabet’ came from the Near East. Introduction The Greek Alphabet developed...
Publics around the world divided on birthplace and religion as requirements for national belonging. Results of a...
Why do so many Americans share the concern that success and integrity are in conflict? By Dr....
Many people fear the disappearance of the unique way some communities speak. Introduction In Boston, there are reports...
Language has always played a significant role in the artistic expression of cultures around the world. For...
Indigenous people’s languages were largely lost as a result of forced assimilation efforts. How Were Indigenous Languages...
Script developed from simple to more complex writing systems. Introduction Script is the written expression of a language. Cuneiform,...
The language of the original Macedonians existed long before Macedonia became a powerful state. Introduction To get...
Esperanto, Klingon, “Oirish,” and others. John Wallis is all but forgotten except among historians and mathematicians, but...
Linguists believe Black English might have originated from West African or Creole languages. What brought you to...
Indigenous language instructors struggle to keep their languages from becoming lost. Introduction Whenever November would roll around,...
Jean-François Champollion’s obsession with hieroglyphs began around 1801. A Forgotten Script Hieroglyphs dominated the landscape of the...
Koine was the medium of much of post-classical Greek literary and scholarly writing. Introduction Koine Greek[2][3][4], also...
The ancient Celtic languages were spoken across Europe and Anatolia (modern Turkey). Introduction The Celtic languages form a branch...
A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of...
Created in Europe during a time of intercultural struggle and strife, it was created as a tool...
The first forms of recorded expression are thought to be those that co‐evolved with technology some 20,000–30,000...
Despite some meaningful differences from Classical Latin, Medieval writers did not regard it fundamentally different. Introduction Medieval...