Tag: language
Language historian Horst Simon on changes and gender asterisks – culture
Why is there so bitter argument about the gender star? The language historian Horst Simon explains how language changes, what it reveals about power mechanisms – and about the speakers…
A portrait of Marlee Matlin: Sign language in Hollywood culture
Marlee Matlin scans her counterpart on the computer screen with an alert, curious gaze, as if she were looking for an important clue on the other side of the video…
Speech straight from the brain – health
With the help of a system that reads electrical signals from the speech areas in his brain, a man who has been unable to speak since a stroke has formulated…
The John Clare anthology “A Language That Is Ever Green”. Review. – Culture
When John Clare wrote the poem “I am” (“I am”), he was 54 years old and had been admitted to a “lunatic asylum” for the second time, an institution that…
Language and society: in the face, sweetheart
Everywhere and always people should communicate with one another mindfully and empathetically. Does it really have to be? . Source link
Decipher secret language – careers – SZ.de
The legislature forbids negative evaluations in job references, so a kind of secret language has developed. By no means all authors of certificates are proficient in the secret codes, and…
“We attack our language” … The defenders of Breton will give voice
Illustration of a rally for the reunification of Brittany in 2014 in Nantes. – AFP A large rally in defense of the Breton language is organized this Saturday in Guingamp.…
The French language is making a comeback
The French Barbara Pravi and the Swiss Gjon’s Tears on the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam (Netherlands), during their rehearsals, respectively on May 15 and 14, 2021. – EBU / ANDRES…