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It’s too reductive to simply smear scabs as sellouts. It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather scorn, rejection and even violence from their peers.
Laws may use complex syntax to indicate their special status, in much the same way magic spells use rhyme or archaic words.
There are many greetings that provide a unique glimpse into the culture of its speakers, reflecting different traditions and ways of acknowledging, respecting and honouring others.
Reshaping your study habits with four essential techniques could reignite your progress and help you push past your current level.
Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ might seem to escalate the urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.
Brains encode language by matching words to patterns of activity. Large language models can do the same thing.
Australia’s 460 First Nations’ languages see the world in unexpected ways, revealing perspectives on the natural and spiritual worlds.
The onus now appears to be shifting from the migrants to smugglers who have been profiteering from this inhumane trade.
The origins of these words could tell us a lot about our ancestors and the cognitive strategies they used to name the things around them.
Research has disproven the saying ‘sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me’.
The use of ‘surrender’ calls the democratic process into question.
Over time, baby babbling will increasingly resemble the sounds of their language, eventually morphing into recognisable words.
Sunak referred to “I” and “me” while Starmer was more likely to say “we” and “us”.
Changes to medical terminology in Latin may affect how anatomists not trained in the language understand and communicate information.
Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.
By 43AD, when southern Britain became a Roman colony under emperor Claudius, the island was populated by speakers of several Celtic languages.
Terms like ‘woke’ and ‘emotional labour’ have lost their original meaning and there’s an issue with that.
The two human species had many similarities but their communication would have been different.
Spatial representations of time are not universal between different cultures and languages.
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Kate Burridge is a Friend of The Conversation.
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