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This website comprehensively lists events associated with Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month). Feel free to participate and attend!

This chapter from "World Literature Today", by Sydneyann Binion and David Shook, talks about how languages and the cultures connected to them are constantly moribund. There are people who are trying to revive these dying languages around the world, however the process of doing so is complicated.

This article by Maria Morava explains how language is more important to our daily lives than we may think; as languages can bring people together worldwide.

This article talks about how German language can be perceived as aggressive. Which it explains why we only see it as how it's pronounce instead of what it really means, because the pronunciation doesn't reflect the emotions of the words.

This article details a study that analyzed the parts of the brain involved in producing and understanding sign language. A main conclusion of this study was that both spoken and sign languages utilize the same areas of the brain.

This paper discusses how the gene FOXP2 is related to certain speech and language disorders, such as apraxia, or difficulty coordinating parts of the mouth to form speech. This research is important when placed into the wider debate of Nature Vs. Nurture, as it demonstrates that genetics may have the capacity to influence language acquisition.

Imagine traveling to the next state, or even the next town, and not being able to converse with others. This is how it was for the deaf until ASL (American Sign Language) was formed in 1841. This tells of the history of ASL.

The article is about reading and understand body language when meeting someone for the first time, where you haven't really had any pervious chance to interact with them.

A Psychosocial approach to the link between language and identity. This author writes about how he believes that language is an integral part of both the cultural identity and national identity.

"'Even in late gestation, babies are doing what they'll be doing throughout infancy and childhood - learning about language,' said the lead author." This reminds me of the study that showed that babies' crying melodies reflect their native languages. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8346058.stm)

Though newspaper style guides attempt to steer writers and editors through the trickier waters of the English language and try to confer consistency in grammar, punctuation and spelling, their well-intended prescriptivism may result in confusion and controversy. Take, for instance, the term "actor".

The most complete description I've seen (along with graphic) for how the ancient language reconstructions algorithms work.

'To Google' has become a universally understood verb and many countries are developing their own internet slang. But is the web changing language and is everyone up to speed? In April 2010 the informal online banter of the internet-savvy collided with the traditional and austere language of the court room.

Researchers in Sichuan, China, believe they have decoded the meaning behind frequently used types of panda language (from bleats to meows).

An upcoming and new study shows where language happens in your brain. Scientists have used brain scanning methods to create a virtual "map" showing where words are encoded in our brains.

The Waverly Pilot is claimed to be the first "smart earpiece" capable of translating between two languages, similar to the BabelFish in Douglas Adams' sci-fi novel, _The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy_, providing instantaneous translation to its wearer. While this first generation device works only when speaking to someone also wearing an earpiece, future generations could listen to everything happening nearby, so pairs of devices won't be needed. It is designed to work offline so it won't incur data charges when used overseas.