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After the Exit of Confucius Institutes, Taiwan Can Help
Commentary The U.S. State Department announced last August that Confucius Institutes established by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the United States after 2004 would be required to register as ...
January 28, 2021
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Michael Sun
Language Termites Prepare the Way for Totalitarianism
Commentary The mills of political correctness grind exceeding fine: Nothing is too unimportant to escape their grinding action. ...
October 12, 2020
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Theodore Dalrymple
Language and Thought
Commentary Seventeenth-century poet and intellect John Milton predicted, “When language in common use in any country becomes irregular ...
September 23, 2020
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Walter E. Williams
Parlez-Vous Français? Americans and Foreign Languages
Man of letters Samuel Johnson once remarked, “Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to ...
September 16, 2020
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Jeff Minick
Inner Mongolia Authorities Ordered to Suppress Protests as Locals Oppose Mandarin-Only Lessons
A new policy in Inner Mongolia to mandate Mandarin Chinese-only teaching for some school grades and the phasing ...
September 7, 2020
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Nicole Hao
China’s Plan to Replace Mongolian-Language Teaching Sparks Protests
Protests erupted across China’s Inner Mongolia region with thousands of ethnic Mongols angry over the Chinese regime’s new ...
September 1, 2020
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Eva Fu
How to Build a Stronger Marriage: Learn Your Spouse’s Love Language
A majority of people most feel loved primarily through one language. So if your spouse is not tuned ...
February 12, 2020
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June Kellum
San Francisco Authorities Vote to Soften Language Used to Label Criminals
San Francisco, which according to a recent study (pdf) on criminality in 30 big American cities is second ...
August 22, 2019
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Tom Ozimek
Swearing Off Swearing: The Degradation of Language and Culture
This misuse of language, particularly by those who lead us and shape our culture, degrades us. It degrades ...
August 21, 2019
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Jeff Minick
Humor: Stop These Language Abuses
Phone Bots A decade ago, voice mail bots would say "I'll record your message now," and "I'll try ...
June 13, 2019
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Martha Rosenberg
How Political Correctness Impedes Immigration Reform
Commentary Immigration reform requires a political and social environment in which well-meaning individuals can speak honestly about the ...
November 28, 2018
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Carol M. Swain
CBS Executive Placed on Leave After Accusations of Sexual Language
CBS Corp has placed television executive Vincent Favale on leave after earlier allegations of using sexual and homophobic ...
October 4, 2018
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Reuters
Dolphins Might Have a ‘Highly Developed Spoken Language’ (Video)
The animals supposedly wait for other dolphins to finish communicating.
September 13, 2016
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Smart Earpiece Can Instantly Translate Any Language
One company believes its product can create "a world without language barriers." After two years of research and development, Waverly Labs ...
May 17, 2016
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Giuliana Manca
There Are Also Drawbacks to Being Bilingual
The ability to speak more than one language certainly has its perks. It enables you to work in ...
May 2, 2016
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Julia Ouzia
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Tomas Folke
One T-shirt Company Is Breaking the Language Barrier
Three young Swiss entrepreneurs think they have found an easy, affordable, and stress-free way to cross the language ...
April 26, 2016
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Giuliana Manca
Could the Language Barrier Actually Fall Within the Next 10 Years?
Or why do programs continue to stumble on what seem like easy translations?
April 4, 2016
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David Arbesú
Why the German Language Has So Many Great Words
In an essay describing the loathing that Ted Cruz's face seems to inspire, the neurologist Richard Cytowic resorts ...
March 23, 2016
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Bruce Duncan
At What Age Is It Easiest to Learn a Second Language?
If you want to learn a foreign language, should you begin before a certain age in order to ...
February 17, 2016
BY
Monika Schmid
Studies Full of Jargon Flag Scientists as Liars
Even the best poker players have “tells” that give away when they’re bluffing. Scientists who commit fraud have ...
November 20, 2015
BY
Bjorn Carey
Computer Trick Shows Pitch Is Just Perception
If researcher Elizabeth Petitti played two musical notes from her laptop, some people would hear the notes rise ...
November 6, 2015
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Boston University
Is Technology Killing Our Languages?
First of all, it is important to note that language evolves organically with the passage of time. The ...
September 3, 2015
BY
Miguel Leiva-Gomez
Little Kids With Big Vocabularies Start School Ready to Learn
Two-year-olds who know lots of words are more likely to start kindergarten ready to read, to do math, ...
August 25, 2015
BY
Jessica Buterbaugh
Blind Children Rely on ‘Visual Brain’ to Learn Language
By early childhood, the sight regions of a blind person’s brain respond to sound, especially spoken language, new ...
August 20, 2015
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Jill Rosen
Shifting Gaze Can Signal When Baby’s Learning
A new study is the first to link an early social behavior called gaze shifting with infants’ ability ...
August 10, 2015
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Molly McElroy
New Website Wants Your Speech Mistakes
We’ve all had our mind go blank in the middle of a conversation.
August 7, 2015
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Brendan Lynch
When Moms ‘Tune In,’ Babies Show Empathy Later
Mothers who are “mind-minded,” or able to “tune in” to their baby’s thoughts and feelings by engaging in ...
July 29, 2015
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Saskia Angenent
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