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Residents of rural areas depend on social interactions to give directions. Peter Titmuss/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

July 14, 2022

‘Walk straight’: how small-town residents navigate without street signs and names

Lorato Mokwena, University of the Western Cape

While many people rely on written signage to find their way around, oral language plays a significant role in giving directions in rural areas.

Whether someone’s speech is a language or a dialect is a matter of both linguistics and politics. illust-monster/iStock/Getty Images Plus

April 18, 2022

Is Ukrainian a language or a dialect? That depends on whom you ask and how the war ends

Joshua Holzer, Westminster College

The difference between a language and dialect is just as much about politics as it is linguistics.

A holistic approach to growing children’s vocabulary could mean reading children stories about bears from fairy tales, science books and the news. (Shutterstock)

March 23, 2021

7 ‘read-aloud’ tips for parents to help prevent children’s COVID-19 pandemic learning loss

Hetty Roessingh, University of Calgary

One way to help children learn the words they need to thrive academically is by reading aloud from books and news sources that use both narrative and expository writing.

We use different grammar when speaking or writing, but the difference is so subtle that linguists were blind to it for centuries. from www.shutterstock.com

March 14, 2018

The slippery grammar of spoken vs written English

Andreea S. Calude, University of Waikato

Spoken language evolves differently and faster than written language, and there are good reasons why this is the case.

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