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Accusing a person or company of ‘virtue signalling’ has become a common putdown. But slurs like these are not new.
A document in Tengwar, the script of the Elvish languages invented by JRR Tolkien, Dozza, Italy.
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From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.
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Why do some words sound pleasant to us, while others provoke disgust? Learning a new language can help us find out.
Georgian alphabet.
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Linguist Alison Long helped translate a best-selling novel into the latest BBC television drama.
Knowing how to ask for directions in another language is vastly different from studying and working using the language.
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Some learning apps promise to have you speaking a new language in two weeks. But truly learning a language requires considerable time, effort and commitment.
A tourist market in Ivory Coast. Africa needs to harness its rich cultural and linguistic diversity to drive its development.
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One of the ways by which Africa can overcome problems of underdevelopment is by using its abundant linguistic and cultural resources.
And you thought it just indicated the end of a sentence…
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For centuries, written communication was tinged with formality and finality. But since the emergence of casual forms like texting, using proper grammar can be fraught with misinterpretation.
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The young have a rich, linguistic vein – just don’t try and copy them.