Communication
Russenorsk: A Unique, yet Simple Language Made for Trade
Russenorsk was quite unusual in that it developed from a situation in which there was a strong element of mutuality, as expressed in the name for it – ‘moja po toja’. […]
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Communication
Pidgins and Simplifications: Partial Versions of Actual Languages
Pidgins differ from languages in having fewer vowels, fewer words and fewer difficult consonants. They are partial languages. […]
Communication
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: Are Language and Culture Tightly Linked?
The main idea of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is that the structure of our grammar channels the way we think. There have been experiments to support this, but the hypothesis has never been proven to the extent that is often implied. […]
Communication
Language and Culture: Is There A Connection?
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that the structure of our grammar channels the way we think. However, the recent studies that have been aimed at the issue, have been extremely unpromising. […]
History
Are Language and Political Autonomy Correlated in the Celtic World?
There seems to be no one answer to the question of the call for political autonomy being related to the support and promotion of the Celtic languages. Each region behaves different depending on several factors and their Celtic history. […]
Communication
Mandarin and Swahili: The Intermediate Languages
Mandarin and Swahili are both intermediate languages, in that they have both been modified by interaction with speakers of other languages. […]
Communication
Tsez: The Most Complex Language in the World?
Tsez is a complex language that is spoken in a very small region high up in the Caucasus mountains. […]
Communication
Riau Indonesian: The Simplest Language in The World?
Riau Indonesian has very little complexity in terms of grammar and structure. But how did it get this way? […]
Language
Where is The Stage One of a Language?
A language might try to convey very small pieces of information through grammatical bits. Prefixes and suffixes are such bits. However, they did not start as prefixes and suffixes. They were whole words that conveyed the same meaning when Stage One of the language began. […]
History
Overdevelopment of Languages: Grammaticalization and Possession
Languages overdevelop. They eventually build branches and grammatical rules that are not necessary for conveying meanings and act more like decorative things in a building. An important part of the overdevelopment of languages is grammaticalization. […]