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A spoken word film for an online generation - is social media an oxymoron?

Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes writes in both English and his native tongue. He contemplates bilingualism and belonging

Linguistic relativity can tell us about our perceptions of reality and the relationship between language and the way we think

A series called "Disney Unhappily Ever After" re-imagines favorite animated classics and transforms them into realist horror stories.

The Inuits are not alone in having many words to describe a thing that preoccupies them, patterns occur in the vocabularies of many cultures

Cover Girl commercial

Cover Girl commercial

Film by Karen Lum, featuring spoken word piece by Adriel Luis, touches on language, beauty, ethnicity, gender…

Film by Karen Lum, featuring spoken word piece by Adriel Luis, touches on language, beauty, ethnicity, gender…

Study showed that professors are much more likely to respond to a student who sounds like a white male than to a student who sounds like a female or minority.

Study showed that professors are much more likely to respond to a student who sounds like a white male than to a student who sounds like a female or minority.

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.

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.

The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.

The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.

A new browser plug-in displays all instances of the much-abused adverb as its traditional opposite. It's a figurative blast.

A new browser plug-in displays all instances of the much-abused adverb as its traditional opposite. It's a figurative blast.

The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair

The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair (Blog)

Opinion on the re-definition of "literally"

Opinion on the re-definition of "literally"

US advertisers are increasingly trying to shock to gain attention on social media, but isn't branding becoming a redundant idea? (Guardian)

US advertisers are increasingly trying to shock to gain attention on social media, but isn't branding becoming a redundant idea? (Guardian)

Viral video - make popcorn with your cellphone

Viral video - make popcorn with your cellphone

Viral advertising based on hoax - stealth marketing

Viral advertising based on hoax - stealth marketing

A former advertising agency 'creative' tells how they get consumers to WANT what they sell (Blog)

A former advertising agency 'creative' tells how they get consumers to WANT what they sell (Blog)

Music and language: Liza Lim's opera "Mother Tongue" addresses the power of language to shape consciousness, and what is lost when languages die away. Review has some relevant ideas about language and culture (Review)

Music and language: Liza Lim's opera "Mother Tongue" addresses the power of language to shape consciousness, and what is lost when languages die away. Review has some relevant ideas about language and culture.

Effective commercial against poaching rhinos for their horns

Interesting commercial against poaching rhinos for their horns