The word “cool” is used as a synonym for almost anything good. Music can be cool and restaurants can be cool. Every so often even a minivan seems cool. But why has its popularity lasted over hundreds of years? […]
The issue of language death is not an abstract one. There are movements around the world to revive a number of languages that are in […]
English is fast becoming the world’s universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. But with 6,000 languages coexisting in 200 nations, bilingualism […]
By John McWhorter, Ph.D, Columbia University Recent research has shown that all languages may be able to trace their roots back to a common tongue […]
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