What you say may matter more than how you say it.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Language
Displaying 461 - 480 of 709 articles
It turns out that children as young as three can actually understand some forms of irony.
Afrikaans is very much a black language. The apartheid government’s ploy to construct it as a “white language”, with a “white history”, denied the commonality of the language across race and class.
The importance of speaking other languages in a post-Brexit world.
Emoji provide a living language that is representative and inclusive in ways that words can’t always be. Just be careful if you use the eggplant or peach emoji.
Politicians like Marine Le Pen are seeking to change the meaning of the very words we use for political gain.
What the Old Norse for Viking can tell us about the Scandinavian explorers.
Cult TV show Gogglebox is more than light entertainment: it shows the diverse reality of Australian English, going beyond stereotypes about what Australians sound like.
Turns out the way you are exposed to new languages could be the key.
The cultivation of language experts in post-Brexit Britain is essential if it wants to connect with fresh markets overseas.
Can disturbed sleep patterns have an impact on a child’s ability to acquire language and vocabulary?
There is usually a historical reason why schools teach certain languages. But as new economies emerge, such languages may no longer be the best ones to learn.
A badly written law cost a US company US$10 million, when a judge ruled that a comma missing from a statute meant 75 truck drivers were owed four years of unpaid overtime wages.
English-speaking rugby referees are aiming to improve their foreign language skills – but how will this affect the game?
Saving students through the medium of comics.
You can’t check if a statement is accurate if it’s too incoherent to understand.
When they start life, clichés are fetching and memorable phrases. But overuse has sucked them of vitality – and now they walk among the living dead.
From “gay” to “poofter” to “fairy” - the words used by others to define gay people can say a great deal more about them than us.
So-called ‘soft skills’ – including interpersonal skills, critical thinking and relationship-building – are rated as being important across all jobs and industries.
The classroom setting is better for early teenagers, while self-guided language learning is better for adults.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
-
Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
-
Course coordinator, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
-
Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
-
Professor of Linguistics, University of York
-
Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University
-
Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Linguistics and English, Florida International University
-
Professor of African Language Studies, University of the Western Cape
-
Postdoctoral research fellow (Forensic Linguistics/ Language and Law), University of the Western Cape
-
Professor, Charles Darwin University
-
Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
-
Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing, University of Pittsburgh
-
Professor of Linguistics
