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  Jan 18

  How Hebrew Came to Be Written From Right to Left » Mosaic

  mosaicmagazine.com

  Edward Grossman writes from San Francisco: “Could you explain why and how Hebrew came to be written from right to left? And how did/do right-handed …

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  2 days ago

  Feature-rich multiplex lexical networks reveal mental strategies of early language learning

  nature.com - Salvatore Citraro, Michael S. Vitevitch, Massimo Stella , Giulio Rossetti

  Knowledge in the human mind exhibits a dualistic vector/network nature. Modelling words as vectors is key to natural language processing, whereas …

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  1 day ago

  How the Language We Use Can Bring About Unity

  psychologytoday.com - Robert Atkinson Ph.D.

  We use language to communicate everything that’s important to us, everything we want others to know. We use language to tell stories that convey the …

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  2 days ago

  Preserving endangered languages as 3D shapes

  phys.org - University College London

  Half of the world's languages are endangered and more than a thousand are expected to be lost in coming decades. A team at UCL is using animation …

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  3 days ago

  Why we need new words for life in the Anthropocene

  BBC Future - Richard Fisher

  One day, Harold Antoine Des Voeux realised he lacked a word. It was the beginning of the 20th Century, and the doctor had been treating multiple people for lung ailments. Gradually, he figured out the reason for the excess illness he was seeing: it was the air pollution caused by nearby factories …

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  Colors That Will Attract The Most Attention On Social Media

  thelist.com - Gia Mora

  The golden arches of McDonald's. The placid green framing Starbucks' mermaid. The bright blue swirls of AT&T. The colors representing these iconic …