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Essentially, spoken words are awesome (The Guardian 19/9/2014)

If our most-used words are anything to go by, we spend too much time on Google and are obsessed with smartphones. Is language that transparent?

September 19, 2014
Night of the living dead nouns (The Economist 18/9/2014)

VERBING nouns annoys a lot of people.

September 18, 2014
Neighbour languages: linguistic coexistence

(The Economist 20-8-2014) CROSSING the Oresund bridge from Denmark to Sweden is not merely a matter of a cringe-inducing toll

August 22, 2014
Losing your first language (BBC News)

For many of us, the thought of ever forgetting how to speak our native language would seem preposterous. But for some readers, it became a reality.

July 14, 2014
Future English (as a lingua franca) -The Economist

SEVERAL weeks ago, Johnson discussed his debate with Nicholas Ostler about the lingua franca of the future.

July 8, 2014
Internet Language Research

The Economist (19-06-2014) IF YOU’VE been on Facebook recently, and you’re the kind of person who reads this column, there’s a good chance you’ve seen one of two viral language tests going round. Like many things on Facebook, they’re a fun diversion. Unlike many things on Facebook, they’re helping serious researchers learn about language and…

June 19, 2014

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