Linguistic Expression
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How you perceive colours can depend on the language you speak
The words indicating colours in our mother tongue influence the way we perceive and differentiate colours. Does this mean language determines our thinking?
Pedro Raúl Montoro Martínez, The Conversation
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‘They’: The ‘Word of the Year’ is more than a nod to shifting attitudes on gender
The American Dialect Society Word of the Year, “(my) pronouns,” highlights the trend of people presenting their preferred pronouns in email signatures.
Reed Blaylock, The Conversation
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In defence of greeting card clichés: They are utterly empty, yet full of meaning
Whether the message is pre-printed or one we resort to writing ourselves, clichés appear where words fail.
Daniel Fraser
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#ElectionsOnline: How you can support election results coverage by five independent newsrooms
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Modi pulled bahujan voters to the BJP. Many are now drifting away
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Harsh Mander: The dark clouds of 1935 Nuremberg have gathered over Indian skies
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‘All We Imagine As Light’ review: A poetic exploration of love and dreams
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Opinion: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the democratic politics of pronunciation
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Kurdish children’s books from Soviet Armenia are a rare glimpse into a fractured culture
The culture of the Kurds, among the world’s stateless people, has fallen victim to the assimilation policies of countries they live in.
Michael Erdman
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It is now much easier to study German and French in Chennai than Malayalam or Telugu
While languages like Kannada and Urdu have few takers, the Tamil and foreign languages departments are growing steadily.
Vinita Govindarajan
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The rebirth of Catalan: how a once-banned language is thriving
The language survived against the odds and is now a central part of Catalan identity.
Irene Boada, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: ‘The Garfield Movie’ screened specially for cats and their owners in Dubai cinema hall
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Cyclone Remal: Scenes of damage as heavy rain and storms batter parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal
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Watch: When the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ team danced on the red carpet before the Cannes screening
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Eco India: Is traditional building the path to eco-harmony in the Himalayas?
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Eco India, Episode 261: Can ancient know-how revive sustainable mountain ecosystems?