Humor has influenced society for several centuries with wit and satire. Comedy as commentary on page and on stage has had an effect on public perception and even official policy. Why do comedians discuss politics? […]
To communicate effectively, we must learn the skill of listening. In virtually every situation, we wait for a pause more than we actively listen. A new series by a Top-10 TED Talks speaker can help. […]
Actively listening to contrary views is difficult. We often want to interject and stop them mid-sentence to convey our own message, leading to communication breakdowns. This week on Wondrium Shorts, master opening your ears. […]
Julian Treasure’s TED Talks on speaking have five times the views as his TED Talks on listening. However, it isn’t because listening is less important; we simply think it is. He isn’t surprised, but it’s not the best sign. […]
There was an American Indian pidgin English. It wasn’t just a number of Native Americans not speaking English right. There were conventions in this American Indian pidgin English. […]
Russenorsk was quite unusual in that it developed from a situation in which there was a strong element of mutuality, as expressed in the name for it – ‘moja po toja’. […]
Pidgins differ from languages in having fewer vowels, fewer words and fewer difficult consonants. They are partial languages. […]
The main idea of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is that the structure of our grammar channels the way we think. There have been experiments to support this, but the hypothesis has never been proven to the extent that is often implied. […]
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that the structure of our grammar channels the way we think. However, there are challenges in this hypothesis. […]
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that the structure of our grammar channels the way we think. However, the recent studies that have been aimed at the issue, have been extremely unpromising. […]
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