Ancient History
Pictish Language and Symbols
The Language and Symbols Used by the Pictish Peoples. The different meanings of inscriptions and symbols employed by the Pictish people. […]
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Lifestyle News
Dog “Speaks” with Soundboard, Showing Canine Language Skills
A San Diego dog communicates with her owner via a custom soundboard, “People” reported. The owner, a speech-language pathologist, has conveyed the meaning of 29 words to the dog, so far. Canines not only understand words, but their barks hint at different meanings, too. […]
The Great Courses Learning Paths—Language
Everything about a language is eternally and inherently changeable, from word order and grammar to the very sound and meaning of basic words. Take a deep dive into this fascinating world with a series of courses that provide the context, origin, and evolution of the marvelous gift of speech. […]
Language
Learning Spanish: How to Understand and Speak a New Language
Think you’re too old to start learning Spanish? Don’t think you have a “language brain”? Think again! You may not have had the right method of instruction. Rote memorization and practice, practice, practice works for some, but not everyone learns that way. […]
Psychology
Right Brain vs. Left Brain: Language, Dominance, and Their Shared Roles
When it comes to the “right brain vs. left brain” discussion, research has shown us just how communicative the hemispheres of our brain actually are. Unless the connection between them is physically severed, information zips across the hemispheres during the vast majority of tasks that our brains accomplish every second. […]
Communication
What Did the Ancient Greek Language Sound Like?
The Ancient Greek language is a language like no other. It records an astonishing array of great works in different genres, stretching across a thousand years of history. Watch lecture 1 from the series Greek 101: Learning an Ancient Language, and you’ll learn the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet using the restored classical pronunciation. […]
Communication
Wily Words: How Languages Mix on the Level of Words
There are 6,000 languages. They are always changing, and these changes produce dialects. At the same time, all the world’s languages and dialects mix with each other—that’s a natural process. […]
Communication
The Life of Language: When Does a Word Die?
By Anne Curzan, Ph.D. University of Michigan When does a word die? The most obvious answer to this question is “whenever people stop using it.” But the […]
Communication
The Japanese Language: Context Is Everything
Japanese language is highly contextual. It’s hard to know how to say something in Japanese unless you know the details of the social context. And that reflects a long-standing Japanese concern with order, with hierarchy, and with consensus. […]
Communication
Language Death: Why Languages Die and How to Save Them
The issue of language death is not an abstract one. There are movements around the world to revive a number of languages that are in […]