http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/11/07/359345125/from-big-jues-to-tay-tay-water-a-quick-guide-to-liberian-english Liberia was founded in the early 19th century by freed slaves from Ameri...
MIT is now using a picture language to help computer programs recognize objects in pictures and videos.
"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my father, not screaming and terrified like his passengers." - Bob Monkhouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2cnxz27LI The commercial starts with a "old spice man", who is a guy who is considered the ultimate dream guy because he is able to take his woman from a beach in F...
Gives a good timeline of events of recent happenings that have to do with language all over the world.
http://www.ibtimes.com/uh-you-know-why-do-americans-say-you-know-use-other-verbal-fillers-so-often-1549810
This article takes a look at what swearing does for your brain, origins of swear words, and pretty much all you could ever want to know about bad words.
Swearing isn't just bad words that will make people think you're unclassy. This article shows how swearing is more than profanity and is actually quite special.
Studies show that children who learn music at a young age may find it easier to learn a language.
This article has a video of an experiment that the Mythbusters conducted. Their test subject submerged her arm into ice water, the first time around she could not swear, and the second time around,...
This article talks about why some authors use their second language to write in instead of their first, and how it benefits them. This isn't a very common thing, but more writers are trying it out.
A US Ambassador uses pidgin english in an Nigerian radio interview. The Nigerian people loved him for this because it pidgin english is a very popular in Nigeria and allowed for the people to conne...
As of lately in New Zealand, the Maori language is making a comeback. It wasn't spoken for a long time because as it started to die out, many people didn't understand it so they just stopped speaki...
It is quite a bit of reading but, it seems like a really reliable source
http://www.spreeder.com/ Spreeder is a free online software that increases one's reading speed and comprehension.
This article discusses the essential question: Is music a cultural universal? In this article a team of Harvard researches dove into the connection between music and language. They specifically loo...
This article is about research that shows how the gender of the person you're talking to affects the way you speak to them. They have found that both men and women are more likely to interrupt women.
The article focuses on the language we use and how it has shaped our society today. I found it really interesting how big of an impact our words can have on others.
Study of how applying transverse disciplines to study how the content and form of writing interacted in the ancient world.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/singing-happy1.htm?scrlybrkr=0c7b7db7 The New Yorker discusses how the language of the virus has engulfed our daily lives and how it ...
