Michael HinsleyBooks Maaza Mengiste: ‘The language of war is always masculine’ The Guardian - Alex PrestonMaaza Mengiste’s second novel, The Shadow King, is a reimagination of Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia. Told from a range of perspectives, it focuses on the experience of the Ethiopian women who played a role
Michael HinsleyLanguage Learning These accents are considered most "friendly" and "assertive" abroad, study shows Travel + Leisure - Andrea RomanoIs your accent holding you back? According to new research, many Americans are anxious about how they sound when traveling abroad. Babbel, a language-learning app, teamed up with Dr. Alex Baratta, a lecturer
Michael HinsleyYoga How 'Namaste' Flew Away From Us NPR - Kumari DevarajanIt's often how you know yoga class is over: The teacher faces the class with their hands together in a bow and says, "Namaste." Maybe you bow and say it back. But that's not the only place you'll encounter
Michael HinsleyNorthern Ireland How Ulster Scots and the Irish language got Northern Ireland’s government back The Economist Choose us for news analysis that respects your time and intelligence Cancel at any time. If you’re unsatisfied, we offer a money-back guarantee. We …
Michael HinsleyLanguage Learning 5 Ways Learning a Foreign Language Will Make You Smarter Inc Magazine - Jessica StillmanAs a student I learned only a smattering of words in my high school German classes. I'm not alone. Less than one percent of Americans master a foreign language in the classroom. And like, I suspect, many
Michael HinsleyEmployment The most valuable language to learn if you want to earn an extra £8,000 yahoo.com - Abigail Fenton In the new year, thousands of people look to learn a new language but which should you invest your time in to earn the most money? Analysis of over …
Michael HinsleyLanguage Learning Why Are Some People Better at Learning Multiple Languages Than Others? Gizmodo - Daniel Kolitz Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything from space to butts and get answers from a variety of experts. Some people …
Michael HinsleyBooks The 10 Most Checked-Out Books in N.Y. Public Library History The New York Times - Concepción de LeónNew York Public Library books have been circulating among New York City homes for 125 years. Now the library system, the largest of its kind in the United States, has crunched the numbers to come up with
Michael HinsleyLanguage Languages affected differently by brain disease BBC NewsThere are differences in the way English and Italian speakers are affected by dementia-related language problems, a small study suggests. While English speakers had trouble pronouncing words, Italian came
Michael HinsleyLinguistics Is this the most powerful word in the English language? BBC Culture - By Hélène SchumacherThe most commonly-used word in English might only have three letters – but it packs a punch. ‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It isn’t descriptive,
Michael HinsleyGender For linguists, it was the decade of the pronoun theconversation.com - Reed Blaylock On Jan. 3, the American Dialect Society held its 30th annual “Word of the Year” vote, which this year also included a vote for “Word of the …
Michael HinsleyLanguage Learning What matters most when speaking a new language ted.com Instead of looking at a foreign language as an art to be mastered and perfected, think of it as a tool you can use to get a result, says …
Michael HinsleyThe Arts ‘Don’t Believe a Word,’ a Look at Language and Power (and Why Dolphins Have Accents) The New York Times - Parul Sehgal“What does that mean?” the woman kept saying. “What does that even mean?” “It doesn’t mean anything,” the man kept responding. “Listen to what I am saying. You know what I’m saying.” “What does that mean?”
Michael HinsleyArtificial Intelligence Baidu's Chinese-language algorithm is excellent at English Quartz - John KeefeThe algorithm able to understand English best is one designed to learn Chinese. As noted by Karen Hao of the MIT Technology Review, a computer model built by Chinese search engine and commerce firm Baidu
Michael HinsleyLanguage Learning Will Brexit spell the end of English as an official EU language? The Guardian - Jane SetterNow that we know that Boris Johnson will “get Brexit done” by the end of January 2020, what are the implications for English as an official language of the European Union and in the European parliament?
Michael HinsleyGender Gender Neutrality: Language, Like Culture, Ever Evolving Forbes - Sheila CallahamYounger people between the ages of seven and 22, also known as Gen Z for those who prefer labels, are more accepting of gender-neutral pronouns than older generations. According to data from the Pew Research
Michael HinsleyLinguistics Happiness and grief change depending what language you’re speaking Quartz - Cassie WerberThe study of language can also be described as the study of reality. Human societies may be universally aware that the sun exists, and pretty much all languages have a word for it. But when it comes to
Michael Hinsley Hold all Hong Kong schools to the same English standards, or risk widening the wealth gap South China Morning Post - Robert Badal Hong Kong students have been ranked third again in Asian IELTS English test scores, a measure of proficiency in the language. But what does this …
Michael HinsleyMedia Management If You Can Name The Origins Of 7/10 Of These English Words, You're Basically A Linguist BuzzFeed - Tessa FaheyEnglish is basically just 14 other languages in a trench coat. In the Dutch word "ijsberg," "ijs" means "ice," and "berg" means "hill." It's probably a version of the Old Norse word "leggr." It makes if
Michael HinsleyEmotions 'Equivalent' words used to express emotions in different languages vary greatly in their meanings dailymail.co.uk - By Ian Randall For Mailonline People's understanding of supposedly 'equivalent' words used to express emotions — such as love, fear or anxiety — vary greatly between different …
Michael Hinsley Learning a language means failure, embarrassment and the enrichment of your life Los Angeles Times - Catharine HammA reader recently wrote to ask about a language-immersion program. How in the world do you narrow the choices and figure out whether that program is right for you? Will the Spanish you learn in Mexico
Michael Hinsley 7 Reasons to Learn Another Language nationalinterest.org - Kathleen Stein-Smith America lags when it comes to being able to speak more than one language.Half of the world population is bilingual, but only 25% of Americans can …
Michael HinsleyTED Talks: How Language Changes Over TimeWhat makes a word "real?" What does our language habits reveal? Is texting killing language? These TED Talks examine these questions.
Michael HinsleyWorld News A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world The Washington Post - Miriam BergerSo how do you talk about being queer or non-binary or gender nonconforming in grammatically gendered languages? In many ways, in fact. In recent years, LGBTQ activists and linguists around the world have
Michael Hinsley First Group of Chinese Immersion Students Enter High School U.S. News & World Report - Associated Press OREM, Utah (AP) — Tamblyn Lonergan remembers crying at the kitchen table when she was in fourth grade as she told her parents how difficult it was to …
Michael Hinsley The fight for a gender-neutral Spanish - The Washington Post The Washington PostIn classrooms and daily conversations throughout Argentina, teenagers are trying to rewrite the rules of their language to eliminate gender and to change what they see as their country’s deeply gendered
Michael HinsleyMeet the Americans Who Speak with Elizabethan English Accents: An Introduction to the “Hoi Toiders” from Ocracoke, North openculture.com - by Ted Mills I remember sitting in on a conversation with some old timers in the British village my parents grew up in, and one man remembered a time, very early …
Michael Hinsley The English language is finally losing its grip on the internet Wired UK - DANIEL BECERRA The Tower of Babel is a Biblical explanation of why we all speak different languages. The story goes that humans tried to build a tower so tall they …
Michael Hinsley Multilingual People Explain Which Foreign Language Was The Easiest To Learn georgetakei.com - Mike Walsh People become polyglots for a variety of reasons.Some people grow up bilingual, with one language being spoken at home and another being spoken out …
