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Is baby talk bad? Why "parentese" actually helps babies learn language
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (1039+ words) Queensland, Many parents have heard the warning: Don't use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers are often encouraged to speak properly and use adultlike language, out of concern that simplified speech could confuse children or delay language development....
The Asantehene's linguists and their names [PHOTO]
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (250+ words) Graphic Online "Ziom" - These are the men behind that popular sound when the Asantehene speaks. They are the Asantehene's Linguists (Akyeame) - Kyeame Jachie Amoateng. Jachie Amoateng doubles as the Chief of Bosomtwe Jachie. A very unique double role. - Kyeame Kentenkrekyi....
Despite all the likes, literallys and dropped g's, English isn't decaying before our eyes
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (714+ words) Fear not: There isn't anything that needs saving. LISA STRACHAN/i Stock via Getty Images As a linguistics professor, I'm often asked why English is decaying before our eyes, whether it's "like" being used promiscuously, t's being dropped deleteriously or…...
When language creates boundaries
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (361+ words) Anna Carfora and Annalisa Guida "Le parole della migrazione" [The Words of Migration] Il Pozzo di Giacobbe, 2025 Edited by two of our friends, the historian Anna Carfora and the biblical scholar Annalisa Guida, the text brings together thirteen contributions from…...
Our Language is Our Existence and Identity
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (9+ words) ANHA...
Din" software developer creates language app to revitalize Navajo
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (304+ words) Across the United States, there are over 575 federally recognized American Indian tribes. According to the U. S. Census, Native North American language use fell by 6% from 2013 to 2021, but among those who spoke a Native language nearly half spoke Navajo. Albert Haskie, who…...
A reflective piece about growing up in-between, accents and evolving identity
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (767+ words) The Michigan Daily The first thing I notice in a new classroom is the way my voice sounds. Not what I say, but how I say it. The way certain vowels land, the rhythms of my sentences and the near-imperceptible…...
Imagine Speaking a Language With No Future Tense " This European Language Actually Does
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (287+ words) Most people grow up assuming every language works roughly the same way. Past. Present. Future. Simple. Universal. End of story. But then you stumble across Estonian " and suddenly the rules you thought were normal start falling apart. Estonian does something…...
Bilingualism and Shared Identities
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (617+ words) Oxford University's Independent Newspaper | Est. 2020 After finishing my A-Levels, I took a leap and decided to move to France before starting university the following year. I had no idea what to expect, especially since I had very little experience of…...
Why We Talk Funny: The Social Power and Bias of Our Accents
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (686+ words) Valerie Fridland writes in her new book, Why We Talk Funny: the Real Story Behind Our Accents, that humans instinctively to use accents to categorize those around us. "We learn to recognize other people as being like us through the…...