Several familiar maternity terms have been abandoned after a consultation with pregnant women and healthcare professionals.
Language is an ecological phenonemon which responds and evolves with environmental change just as much as environments change with language.
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Language is adaptive, self-balancing and evolves with environmental change. Understanding this may be the key to developing more nuanced climate change discourse.
The use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has been around for a lot longer.
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The US is home to more international migrants than any other country. But even though immigration is an actively debated topic, immigrants are poorly understood.
Conditions in rural England around the turn of the 20th century offer a case study for cultural evolution researchers.
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People with a common history – often due to significant geographic or social barriers – often share genetics and language. New research finds that even a dialect can act as a barrier within a group.
It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of linguistic borrowing called ‘calques.’
Gliomas can form connections with distant areas of the brain, exploiting them for their own spread and growth.
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Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of brain cancer, causing significant decline in cognitive function. New research suggests a common anti-seizure drug could help control tumor growth.
The adoption of “ñ” as an abbreviation of “nn” is the solution adopted in Spanish and Galician.
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Although the spelling “ñ” only exists in Spanish and Galician, it is true that the sound is not the exclusive heritage of Romance languages; it even exists in languages that do not come from Latin.
Study groups and quizzes can help, but one studying technique stands out above the rest.
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The road to becoming a champion speller is made easier with support from family and friends, but ultimately it depends on an individual student’s commitment to learning, a scholar writes.
Warlpiri Dictionary contributors.
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The Warlpiri Dictionary has been 60 years in the making – and it’s shortlisted for the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards, a rarity for a dictionary.
Black Ferns rugby star Ruby Tui after winning the 2022 women’s Rugby World Cup.
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More Indigenous sports stars are speaking their mother tongues in TV interviews and elsewhere. The challenge now is to develop truly bilingual commentary teams to keep the ball alive.
Immigrants and teachers of English for speakers of other languages protest at Parliament Square in 2015.
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Despite the association of ‘Luddite’ with a naïve rejection of technology, the term and its origins are far richer and more complex than you might think.
Reading becomes faster when you don’t have to say each word out loud.
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The number of students studying languages in UK universities has plummeted in recent years but some creative thinking may help to reverse that trend.
Security guards separate guests on an episode of ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ titled ‘I am pregnant by my half-brother.’
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As ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ climbed the ratings ladder, the censorship bleep, which masked the slew of insults lobbed by warring guests, became a star of the show.