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. […]
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. […]
Modern English has diverged from the Germanic nature of Old English. It was a result of the Viking influence in England. While learning Old English, they introduced some changes to the language. […]
There is something odd about Proto-Germanic in comparison to other languages that come from the same source: Proto-Indo-European. The sounds are different, and sometimes the consonants too. […]
Proto-Indo-European became many subfamilies, one of which was Proto-Germanic which eventually gave rise to English. […]
Mandarin and Swahili are both intermediate languages, in that they have both been modified by interaction with speakers of other languages. […]
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