Esperanto had always seemed to me like an idealistic movement that had failed. So why was its annual congress so vibrant and full of young people?The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to orderOne day,...
Read MoreEsperanto had always seemed to me like an idealistic movement that had failed. So why was its annual congress so vibrant and full of young people?The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to orderOne day,...
Read MoreEsperanto had always seemed to me like an idealistic movement that had failed. So why was its annual congress so vibrant and full of young people?The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to orderOne day,...
Read MoreAs allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of...
Read MoreAs allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of...
Read MoreOnce violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversationMy maternal grandmother died 20 years ago. The funeral was held in a small...
Read MoreWith the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlinesA recent tweet from the US Department of Defense boasts about the killing...
Read MoreLucy Morville, from Burnley, thought most students would be from the north and felt ‘culture shock’ surrounded by southernersLike many students from the north, Lucy Morville says she felt “culture shock” at being surrounded by...
Read MoreWhy are the online far right so successful in shaping our political language? With Dr Robert Topinka At a press conference in September, Reform UK announced a seismic policy proposal – the end of indefinite leave to remain for...
Read MoreOnce dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlookedWhen researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that...
Read MorePeople expect effort, not a token ‘I’m sorry’, but be careful not to over-script your acknowledgment of mistakesCalling the contrite: are you very sorry, or are you extremely remorseful? Do you see that what you did was very...
Read MorePurists’ attempts to police our global languages are doomed – there’s joy and inspiration in new expressions from all over the world Even your own language can have the capacity to surprise you. I recently joined a panel at a...
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