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Bilingualism
How a second language can boost the brain
knowablemagazine.org - By Ramin Skibba
Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age Even when you’re fluent in two languages, it can be a challenge to …
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Language
How finger counting gives away your nationality
BBC Future - Anand Jagatia
How would you count to 10 on your fingers? Do you start with the thumb or the index finger? Left hand or right? Dactylonomy (counting on your hands) seems like such a simple and natural thing to do that...
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Language
Why more people are saying 'y'all'
BBC Worklife - Bryan Lufkin
The distinctive Americanism is making its way across the world and becoming an unlikely favourite catch-all term. What do y’all think of when you hear the term ‘y’all’? Perhaps the twangy accent of the...
Nov 23
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Australian News
Strollout chosen as Macquarie dictionary’s 2021 word of the year
Australia News - Stephanie Convery
Strollout has been announced as the Macquarie dictionary’s word of the year for 2021. The Australian people have spoken and their opinion – for only the second time – is the same as the experts, with colloquial...
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Diversity
How Sharing Our Stories Builds Inclusion
Harvard Business Review - Selena Rezvani and Stacey A. Gordon
• Tweet• Post• Share• Print Conversations around inclusion are on the rise in 2021 following an intense and unprecedented two years. Converging events like the Covid-19 pandemic; the murders of Breonna...
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Language
What is the Bouba/Kiki effect and what does it mean for the origins of language?
Euronews Culture - By Tim Gallagher
Have you ever tried to communicate with someone who doesn’t speak your language? Exchanging frantic gestures and impossible to understand words as …