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Over the years, our understanding of how language and learning are linked has shifted and changed. There is ample evidence about the value of mother-tongue-based multilingual education.
For young children, how we speak is often more important than what we say. Even ‘positive’ generalizations can lead children to adopt negative stereotypes.
There are a range of linguistic strategies to build rapport with customers, but using their name is always the fall-back – with detrimental results.
While few people use the language today, many cherish its history.
The best way to sell someone a service or product is by speaking their language.
Swearing has often been associated with a lack of intelligence, but studies show that it could be a cleverer use of language than we thought.
Language is not fixed and meaning is what people make it.
We humans are capable of vocalising many different words in a range of languages. But what is it that gives us a remakable and variable voice?
Tolkien and Zamenhof are two of imaginary languages’ most successful proponents – yet their aims were very different.
The nativity offers an enticing opportunity to discover how words and interpretations have shaped the story and our understanding of it.
Scorn has a long and humorous history. But a new book on the subject, featuring quotes from Kanye West, Christopher Hitchens and of course, Donald Trump, rather lacks contemporary wit.
We seem prepared to share our opinions on almost any subject today thanks to social media and other mass communication. But who is really listening?
Most healthcare information is written at a level more advanced than the reader’s ability.
For subjects mired in jargon and technical words, what role does language play in breaking down obstacles to communication and understanding.
For bilingual children, the constant switching between languages is like a frequent exercise for the ears and the brain.
New research investigates how people sequentially add new color terms to languages over time – and the results hold surprises about assumptions linguists have made for 40 years.
Why is figurative language more powerful – and what feelings exactly does it stir in an audience?
Our communications revolution is changing the way we write and speak, and ‘Slanglish’ has never had it so good.
A few of those sayings that most people tend to get wrong.
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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