Tag: language
The Twitter Hashtag is Officially a Word
The children's dictionary writers at Oxford University Press (OUP) named #, or hashtag, the UK children's word of the year. Through the annual analysis...
Where is Language in the Brain?
In the well-known left and right brain divide, language has been placed as a logical function of the left. The center of language comprehension...
Peru Officially Recognizes 24 Indigenous Languages
The Peruvian Ministry of Education worked with indigenous communities to officially recognize the alphabets of 24 indigenous languages. The measure states; "Thus, these 24...
Sephardic Jews Learn Spanish Language for Citizenship
A government decision in 2012 started an official dialogue offering Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews in compensation for their ancestor’s expulsion from Spain during...
Middlebury’s Language Schools Turn 100
The Middlebury Language Schools celebrate their 100th anniversary this year and will be celebrating with academic and festive events from July 15-19 at both...
Preserving the Critically Endangered N|uu Language
N|uu is the language of the San people, who were the first hunter-gatherers in southern Africa. The language has 112 distinct sounds including 45...
The Icelandic Language, Nationalism, and the Internet
In 2013, a paper by András Kornai entitled “Digital Language Death” estimated that only 5% of the world's languages would ascend into the digital...
Putin’s Language Policy
While France's Minister of Culture decided that fighting the inclusion of foreign words was hurting, rather than preserving, the French language, Russia remains resistant....
The Ableism of Everyday Language
Microaggressions are defined as “brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership.” This definition comes from psychologist...
Language Hits the Hill
Today, over 70 delegates from across the U.S. are in Washington to meet with their representatives in Congress to ask for more federal support...
