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Language

How we communicate is important to the world’s future. Language plays a major part in that. These articles cover everything from polyglots to accents.

Philip Crowther telling the news in 6 languages

Language, PoliticsJanuary 15, 2021May 30
multilingualism / video
philip crowther and elmo

Amen and awoman

Language, PoliticsJanuary 14, 2021May 30
come in God / gender / phrases / USA / video
women praying

Doom Haikus, sponsored by 2020

Language, SocietyJanuary 12, 2021January 12
poetry
edvard munch's scream

Viggo Mortensen speaking 7 languages

LanguageJanuary 8, 2021May 30
multilingualism / video
Viggo Mortensen

Daughters, milking cows, and etymological debates

Animals, LanguageNovember 23, 2020May 30
cows / etymology / India / milk / phrases
An Indian woman milking a cow

Jacaranda Poetry Showcase with Tolu Agbelusi and Hibaq Osman

Black Cultures, Books, LanguageSeptember 30, 2020December 30
Africa / Black Britain / Black women / Hibaq Osman / interviews / Nigeria / poetry / UK / video / women / women of colour

Talking loud and spreadin' COVID

LanguageSeptember 13, 2020September 11
COVID-19
a person shouting

The origins of the "black sheep"

Animals, LanguageAugust 24, 2020May 30
etymology / phrases
A black sheep amongst white sheep

Black polyglot speaks Japanese, Mandarin, and Arabic

Black Cultures, LanguageAugust 9, 2020May 19
Asia / China / Germany / Ghana / India / Japan / multilingualism / South Korea / Spain / USA / video

Colin Jackson's Welsh language journey

Black Cultures, LanguageJuly 14, 2020June 8
Black Britain / UK / video / Wales
colin jackson

Alternatives to ableist terms

Language, SocietyJuly 4, 2020February 7
ableism / phrases

'Jamaican English is unique', says UWI Mona study

Black Cultures, LanguageJune 29, 2020April 28
Caribbean / dialectology / Jamaica
Black Jamaican Man

Is multilingualism a privilege or survival?

LanguageMarch 30, 2020May 30
multilingualism
learning spanish

Let's make like a tree and split?

LanguageMay 27, 2019February 2
phrases / video
Banana split

Peter Sellers and the complete guide to accents of the British Isles

Comedy, Language, The InternetMay 3, 2018November 9
Peter Sellers / phrases / UK / video

Semiotics: myths, #BlackLivesMatter & #AllLivesMatter

Black Cultures, Language, Politics, SocietyOctober 10, 2017May 30
activism / Black Lives Matter / racism / semiotics / video

A Quick Lesson in Semiotics

LanguageOctober 8, 2017July 29
semiotics / video

2 polyglots have an awesome chat in 21 languages

LanguageJune 17, 2017December 21
China / Croatia / multilingualism / Portugal / Russia / Serbia / South Korea / Spain / The Netherlands / video / Vietnam

The Ad Hominem Fallacy Fallacy

Society, Language, PhilosophyMay 25, 2015April 30
phrases
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