To Russian nationalists, if the Ukrainian language is classified as a derivative of the Russian language, the invasion looks less like an act of aggression and more like reintegration.
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Putin has suggested Ukrainians and Russians share one language, but there are many differences that are important to understand.
Is there a connection between sound and meaning?
People want to talk about how they conceptualise good health as much as they want to explain what caused them to become sick.
Have you wondered why cats are so nimble and seem to fit perfectly in cups, boxes, and other small places? Or how cats communicate with humans? A physicist and a psychologist explain.
Contact languages are widely spoken by many First Nations children. These languages must be recognised and valued in the classroom to better meet students’ learning needs.
Whether you want to win with as few guesses as possible, or you just want to figure out the right word before running out of turns, a scholar offers some tips.
Could bringing back words with positive meanings make us happier?
Can translation software that uses artificial intelligence to automatically translate texts ever replace human beings?
As you make your yuletide preparations, ever wonder where some of the season’s strange words come from? Well, our linguistic experts have the answers.
No one is forcing people to use “iel” with a gun to their head. But paradoxically, by making the pronoun the focus of attention, critics are inevitably making it more popular.
A better understanding of language and its neuroscientific basis would help us handle linguistic issues throughout our lives.
As many as two-thirds of couples do it.
Babylonians were quite formal in their written records, so working out how to be chatty in their long-dead language was an exciting challenge.
As political parties spar, insults and catchphrases are adopted, appropriated and reappropriated in a dizzying verbal arms race.
Banter can be fun, but it can quickly cross the line.
We used brain imaging techniques to show these two activities engage the same region of the brain. Then we wanted to find out more.
National Cliche Day is Nov. 3. So what makes a cliche a cliche? And why do we find ourselves rolling our eyes when we hear certain ones?
The language around climate change can feel overwhelming. A psychology and public policy expert breaks it down in plain English.
Contrary to popular opinion, multilingual practices do not have any negative effect on students’ academic achievement.
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