There’s a long history of communities speaking Romany in the UK, so it’s hardly surprising that some of its words have found their way into everyday English.
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Children may hear a lot of words when sitting in front of or interacting with screens, but to learn language children need to interact with physical objects.
Language electives have fewer enrolments compared to other subjects in Australia. New research suggests students are interested in studying languages, but can’t.
The difference between a language and dialect is just as much about politics as it is linguistics.
Bruce Willis’ family today revealed he has been diagnosed with aphasia. So what actually is aphasia and why haven’t we heard of it before?
Metaphors, analogies and comparisons abound when talking about the war in Ukraine, but are they helpful? An expert in peace and conflict resolution explains.
The letter Z has become a controversial pro-Russian symbol during the war in Ukraine.
Poetry can unite people when all seems lost. The Conversation US has pulled together four articles from its archives that speak on the power of poetry.
Anglophone grievances run deep and have remained unaddressed for a long time.
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.
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.
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