Here is a handful of extremely useful expressions with political application which have fallen by the wayside, but remain apt and adept today.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Language
Displaying 461 - 480 of 720 articles
Grammar pedantry recently contributed to the downfall of World Bank chief economist Paul Romer. But ‘grammonds’ are people to be celebrated not vilified.
Important advances have been made in the areas of automatic language processing and emotional computing, and that could have big implications for business.
They can be b***y difficult people but politicians want you to know they give a ts, even if they sometimes talk b*****s.
A linguistics scholar explains why the loss of Arabic in Israel would be a loss of history, culture and possibly human rights.
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.
President Macron is known for his excellent grasp of English, but his top team are also rather good at German.
Weather forecasting stopped looking for patterns in the past, and started using numbers to look solidly at the future.
It’s important to shift educational discourse in and around Africa in a more equitable, representative direction.
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.
We can’t observe the brain activity of extinct human species. But we can observe modern brains doing the things that our distant ancestors did, looking for clues about how ancient brains worked.
What you say may matter more than how you say it.
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.
Job Board
-
Lecturer in Indigenous Health (Identified)
-
Social Media Producer
-
Lecturer in Physiotherapy
-
PhD Scholarship
-
Senior Lecturer, HRM or People Analytics
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
-
Kate Burridge is a Friend of The Conversation.
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
