Grief Struck Me Speechless. Learning a New Language Helped Me Open Up
An impulsive decision to take Spanish classes became a turning point after the deaths of loved ones
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What Is the Point of Literary Translation?
Translators may alter the composition of a line, a paragraph, or a stanza. But when do their choices overstep, and where do the changes stop?
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Accents, Dialects, and Discrimination
From surfer-dude drawls to Valley-girl upspeak, how we talk still defines how we’re seen
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What Does “Lockdown” Even Mean Anymore?
One year into COVID-19, our definitions are constantly changing. But, when politics distort our language, people can die
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Why Language Is Cool
Words are as close to immortality as you’ll ever get
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Why Do We Find Nonsense Words Funny?
Certain nonsense words consistently made patients smile and sometimes even laugh out loud. Especially ‘Skunkoople’
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Finding the Words
Linda Gaboriau’s struggle to translate a hit Quebec play
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Speaking in Tongues
A bold first novel reshapes language for the surveillance era
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Dictation-bound
Forget spelling bees – for a real challenge, try the Dictée des Amériques
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For Want of a Comma
Exploring the two sides of a punctuation debate
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