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At present the design and certification of new emojis is controlled by a single body.
The small city of Hazard, Kentucky, rests in the heart of Appalachia.
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The founder of the West Virginia Dialect Project hopes to debunk some of the myths about the way Appalachian people speak and instill pride in a rich, oft-maligned culture.
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Machines alone will never be able to put the meaning to words in translation
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The crisis in modern language teaching.
There is so much more to sign language than the hands, as interpreter Christine Dudley demonstrates.
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Yes, sign language has grammar – and it goes way beyond what you do with your hands.
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference.
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Research shows that context matters for understanding what a person’s words mean – especially when power dynamics are involved.
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Everyone should learn another language.
Protestors outside the High Court in Belfast in February 2017 calling for an Irish Language Act.
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The issue of an Irish Language Act has been a sticking point at Stormont.
Singing helps us remember information.
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Because of the way our brains work, we can remember songs and rhymes much more easily than just words or letters. The ABC song teaches kids the basics of the English language.
Amy Adams in Arrival.
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Learning languages rewires the brain and changes how we perceive time.
The Oxford English Dictionary overflows with words that have been created (most during the 1800s) to tilt at governments of various sorts.
Here is a handful of extremely useful expressions with political application which have fallen by the wayside, but remain apt and adept today.
It’s really ok to be a grammar pedant.
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Grammar pedantry recently contributed to the downfall of World Bank chief economist Paul Romer. But ‘grammonds’ are people to be celebrated not vilified.
How can a machine understand who said what?
Important advances have been made in the areas of automatic language processing and emotional computing, and that could have big implications for business.
Fiddlesticks, that’s hot!
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They can be b***y difficult people but politicians want you to know they give a ts, even if they sometimes talk b*****s.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly supports the nation-state bill.
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A linguistics scholar explains why the loss of Arabic in Israel would be a loss of history, culture and possibly human rights.
Knowing how to communicate about death gives us the language to discuss end-of-life topics with our loved ones.
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We use euphemisms about death and dying to soften the blow of the real words, or because we feel awkward being direct. But this can lead to misunderstanding and confusion.
Team Macron is ready to talk. You pick the language.
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President Macron is known for his excellent grasp of English, but his top team are also rather good at German.
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Weather forecasting stopped looking for patterns in the past, and started using numbers to look solidly at the future.
It’s time for students to see Africa differently.
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It’s important to shift educational discourse in and around Africa in a more equitable, representative direction.
The resources kids have at school and home influence their performance in science.
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Policies must seek to improve the manner in which the language of instruction is taught to learners who don’t speak that language at home.