Communication
How the Native American Pidgin English Came to Be
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. […]
Professor John McWhorter
Communication
Russenorsk: A Unique, yet Simple Language Made for Trade
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’. […]
Communication
Pidgins and Simplifications: Partial Versions of Actual Languages
Pidgins differ from languages in having fewer vowels, fewer words and fewer difficult consonants. They are partial languages. […]
Communication
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: Are Language and Culture Tightly Linked?
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. […]
Communication
Challenges in Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that the structure of our grammar channels the way we think. However, there are challenges in this hypothesis. […]
Communication
Language and Culture: Is There A Connection?
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. […]
Communication
From Old English to Modern English
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. […]
Communication
Proto-Germanic and Germanic: Consonant Shifts and Vowel Changes
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. […]
Communication
The Roots of English: Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
Proto-Indo-European became many subfamilies, one of which was Proto-Germanic which eventually gave rise to English. […]
Communication
Mandarin and Swahili: The Intermediate Languages
Mandarin and Swahili are both intermediate languages, in that they have both been modified by interaction with speakers of other languages. […]