This was a research study conducted about vaccine rhetoric with participants that spoke different languages. The researchers found that depending on whether the participant viewed a foreign language as more trustworthy, they might be more inclined to follow the advice of that language over their own language. The opposite is also true if they find their first language more trustworthy and persuasive.

Interesting article about researchers who are looking at geometry as its own language that might be unique to humans. Combines information about mathematics, linguistics, and AI, and how language might have developed to represent things as well as communicate.

This article explains Bill Nyeʻs perspective on how word use is extremely important when talking about climate change, as it can change how urgent people consider this issue. This shows the power of changing even just one word in a phrase or sentence, and how it can affect how language is perceived. One example they used was "phasing down coal" instead of "phasing out coal"; in reality, we want to eliminate the use of coal, but by using the word "down" instead of "out" it creates a different tone.

This article investigates whether English has words that encapsulate a single idea, rather than explaining it in several words. In other languages, such as Swedish or Norwegian, one single word can reflect a more complicated concept or feeling, and many of these words are related to food or meals. Because English is such a widespread language, however, it tends to be more analytical and easily accessible to all, rather than having cryptic words that would take non-native speakers a while to understand. However, English does has phrases or cultural generalizations of food that are similar to these singular words. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/crosswords/food-english-foreign-languages.html)