Tag: language
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...
Elfdalian Language Helps Norse Historians
All of the Nordic languages; Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian are descended from Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. These languages have...
Social Media Speeds Up Language Evolution
John Sutherland, a professor of English from University College London, led a study that confirmed the English Language is evolving faster than ever due...
Scottish Businesses Call for Compulsory Foreign Language Education
The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has pinpointed Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic and Russian as “international languages of business” and is calling for...
Texas Protects Dual Language Education
Texas has been an advocate for dual language education since 1973 when former Governor Dolph Briscoe signed into law the Bilingual Education and Training Act,...
Spanish is the Happiest Language
A recent study published by the National Academy of Sciences revealed that human language has a universal bias towards positivity, and out of all...
Constructed Language and Game of Thrones’ Linguistic Lure
Game of Thrones premieres this weekend and this season more and more people will be able to understand the two subtitled fantasy languages of...
