Language Trends
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Do languages really ‘live’ or ‘die’?: Why the metaphor is misleading
In reality, the history of languages is inextricable from the history of societies.
Mario Saraceni, The Conversation
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How Prashant Kishor has changed India’s political vocabulary
A linguist explains how a man who shuns the label of ‘political strategist’ shapes new connotations for political terms and the use of language.
Krishna Kumar Pandey
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What Oxford’s word of the year ‘goblin mode’ says about the mental health discourse and social media
Does having a word for what we feel make it better?
Zulekha Shakoor Rajani
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day
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Ambitious tourism plans for Lakshadweep ignore limited availability of freshwater
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The numbers show the idea of Muslim population explosion is nothing but political propaganda
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Why people hate or love the sound of certain words
The phenomenon where the sound of a word triggers an emotion or a meaning is referred to as ‘sound symbolism’.
Morten H Christiansen, The Conversation & Nick Chater, The Conversation
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Five ways in which British English has changed in the internet era
A new study based on a 100 million-word sample of current language shows us just how it has evolved.
Vaclav Brezina, The Conversation
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How Covid-19 has not only changed our vocabulary, but also made us use language more gently
In April and July 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary released special updates to accommodate new words born in the pandemic.
Janice Pariat
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Is Rajasthani a single language or a spectrum of many related but distinct tongues?
How can a language with all the granularity and diversity that comes out of a thousand years of evolution be adapted to contemporary institutions?
Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit & Vishes Kothari
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Why is the Covid-19 pandemic being compared to war? Western literature from the 1800s has answers
But unlike our times, war was a metaphor for the problem, not the solution.
Julia M Wright, The Conversation
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Rajasthani: How a mother language can be lost, and how ‘folk’ histories can reclaim it
On February 21, International Mother Language Day, a study in losing and finding a tongue.
Vishes Kothari
The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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You know that warm, fuzzy feeling evoked by cat videos? There is a Sanskrit word to describe it
Researchers believe that a sudden burst of love, a sense of kinship, and faith in worship are all grounded in a single emotion.
Alan Fiske, Aeon
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Why are language and grammar the way they are? Because of the limitations of the human mind
Studies show that humans are better able to follow grammatical rules that involve changing vowels around consonants and not the other way around.
David Adger, The Conversation
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How Telugu has become America’s fastest growing foreign language
Between 2010 and 2017, the number of native Telugu speakers in the US surged 86% – the largest uptick in a foreign language-speaking group, a study found.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
The Field
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra’s dream run ends in quarter-finals
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena open season – All you need to know
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli stars as Bengaluru beat Punjab to stay in hunt for playoff spot
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav stars in fifth T20I as visitors sweep series
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: In Olympic year, Neeraj Chopra keen to lay down the marker