In defence of greeting card clichés: They are utterly empty, yet full of meaning

Daniel Fraser

· Mar 18, 2018 · 11:30 am

How a linguistics teacher created an entire anarchist language inspired by Ursula K le Guin

Martin Edwardes, The Conversation

· Feb 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Mumbai residents were asked what they think about English. Some answers were surprising

Scroll Staff

· Feb 27, 2018 · 05:00 pm

Watch: In 1827, a French musician created a universal language made entirely of music

Scroll Staff

· Feb 13, 2018 · 01:00 pm

How the use of language can help early detection and treatment of depression

Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi, The Conversation

· Feb 08, 2018 · 09:30 pm

‘Translated Disney’: This woman’s fierce poem attacks the glorification of the English language

Satvika Kundu

· Jan 31, 2018 · 10:00 am

Watch: Did you know there were originally ten more letters in the English alphabet?

Scroll Staff

· Jan 29, 2018 · 05:00 pm

Language has always evolved over time. Why can’t the internet teach us a new vocabulary?

Emmy J Favilla

· Jan 26, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Advantage for children with autism who speak more than one language

Scroll Staff

· Jan 18, 2018 · 05:30 am

Watch: Deep in the Amazonian jungle, this man is the last person to speak a dying language

Scroll Staff

· Dec 29, 2017 · 01:00 pm

Watch: A Turkish village invented its own secret language, which nobody ‘speaks’

Scroll Staff

· Dec 26, 2017 · 10:00 pm

Between the lines: What Kazakhstan’s move from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin alphabet signifies

Andrew Linn, The Conversation

· Nov 23, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Is American English going to take over British English completely?

Paul Baker, The Conversation

· Nov 14, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Can translations save India’s endangered ‘mother tongues’?

Parvathy Raveendran

· Sep 23, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why is Persian dying out in India, despite its deep roots? An Iranian finds the answer in Kolkata

Maryam Papi

· Sep 07, 2017 · 11:30 am

Watch: This satirical “infomercial” tells people how to rid themselves of their mother tongue

Scroll Staff

· Sep 06, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Can translations become a vehicle of cultural resistance? No, because they always were

Parvathy Raveendran

· Aug 13, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Readers’ comments: ‘Hindus across the spectrum should unite to protect Hinduism’

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· Jul 26, 2017 · 10:30 pm

Watch: After Hindi, signage in English faces pro-Kannada activists’ wrath in Bengaluru

Scroll Staff

· Jul 07, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Ma, mati, manush and my mother tongue: Bengal’s language politics is behind the unrest in Darjeeling

Urbashi Pradhan

· Jun 30, 2017 · 08:00 am