Open Culture
Thanks to the research efforts of the Foreign Service Institute, the center of
foreign-language training for the United …
LanguageThe Conversation
Why is it that humans speak so many languages? And why are they so unevenly
spread across the planet? As it turns out, we …
LanguageDigital Culturist
The oldest written language in the world didn’t have an alphabet. When written
language began, it wasn’t used to …
LanguageNautilus
Losing your native tongue unmoors you not only from your own early life but
from the entire culture that shaped you.
LanguagePopular Science
“You know, the question of whether the language we speak influences the way we think, people have tended to approach …
LanguageThe Guardian
Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and …
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