Natural born linguists: what drives multi-language speakers? - 0 views
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Jenni Young on 27 Sep 13Get out there and chat to native speakers if you want to learn a language, advises a group of multilingual speakers (Guardian)
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Should English be the official language of the EU? - 0 views
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German president Joachim Gauck's cost-cutting proposal has been welcomed - but not by all
Slang Words: What Are Young People Saying These Days? - 0 views
Why was Cheryl Cole fired? - 0 views
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Catherine Gee considers whether Cheryl Cole was fired from the US X Factor because of her strong Geordie (Newcastle) accent. (The Telegraph)
How does studying foreign languages influence the Khmer language? - 0 views
A Poor Apology of a Word - 0 views
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It is peculiarly English to use the word "sorry" to defuse the potential for conflict while drawing attention to it. (Op-Ed)
Listen Mr Oxford Don (English B) - 0 views
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Exercises on the language and meaning of John Agard's poem.
Benedict Cumberbatch Goes to War: Celebrity and Diplomacy - 0 views
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The actor's recent stunt in Cardiff, in which he admonished celebrity photographers for not capturing "something important," suggests a misplaced faith in photography.
Like, Degrading the Language? No Way - 0 views
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Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle.
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Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle.
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Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle (Opinion from NY Times)
To Some English-Speakers, Soccer Matches Sound Better In Spanish : Code Switch : NPR - 0 views
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Spanish-language soccer announcers have captivated Americans since the U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup. The different style of play-by-play and color commentary evokes strong emotions in fans.
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Spanish-language soccer announcers have captivated Americans since the U.S. hosted the 1994 World Cup. The different style of play-by-play and color commentary evokes strong emotions in fans.
Like, if You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em? - 1 views
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Letters to the editor in response to article, "Like, Degrading the Language? No Way", about the increasing use of "like' and 'totally' in everyday speech (NY Times opinion pages)
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Letters to the editor in response to article, "Like, Degrading the Language? No Way", about the increasing use of "like' and 'totally' in everyday speech (NY Times opinion pages)
Lupita in the Mirror : The New Yorker - 0 views
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Judith Thurman on the significance of Lupita Nyong'o's People magazine cover: "Women with strong African features and jet-black skin are, even today, with a black family in the White House, scarce in the pages of mainstream fashion magazines."
Loaded language: The gun metaphors that pervade our everyday slang - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Gun metaphors riddle our slang (Opinion column from Washington Post)
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Gun metaphors riddle our slang (Opinion column from Washington Post)
Slip of the Tongue by Karen Lum - YouTube - 0 views
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Film by Karen Lum, featuring spoken word piece by Adriel Luis, touches on language, beauty, ethnicity, gender…
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Film by Karen Lum, featuring spoken word piece by Adriel Luis, touches on language, beauty, ethnicity, gender…
Meet "The Smalls", A Suburban Family That Only Communicates Using Notorious B.I.G. Lyri... - 0 views
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The Smalls are a seemingly run-of-the-mill Caucasian family from a nondescript suburb. The only weird thing is that the parents and their daughter communicate via Notorious B.I.G. lyrics
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The Smalls are a seemingly run-of-the-mill Caucasian family from a nondescript suburb. The only weird thing is that the parents and their daughter communicate via Notorious B.I.G. lyrics
George Szirtes: what being bilingual means for my writing and identity | Education | th... - 0 views
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Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes writes in both English and his native tongue. He contemplates bilingualism and belonging
Relatively speaking: do our words influence how we think? | Education | theguardian.com - 0 views
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Linguistic relativity can tell us about our perceptions of reality and the relationship between language and the way we think
An Alarm Over the Incursion of Foreign Words - 0 views
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While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.
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While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.
Narendra Modi's Election Sparks Hope for Sanskrit - 0 views
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Proponents of teaching the ancient scholarly language dream of its revival under the government of India's new prime minister.
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Proponents of teaching the ancient scholarly language dream of its revival under the government of India's new prime minister.
Is your costume racist? - 0 views
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Halloween costume checklist
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