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 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)
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.