Fascinating and often challenging verbal workouts, tongue twisters are features of many languages. Tongue twisters certainly raise smiles...

Players, managers and coaches need to communicate with each other both on and off the pitch, but in which language?

Welsh translation blunders making headlines Visitors to the UK are often surprised to discover that English is not the only language...

From corn to eggplants, the flavour of Algospeak Most of us post on social media platforms, even if our contributions are confined to...

The origins, usage and future of English slang Did you see that chavvie bird taking a selfie outside the bog before legging it? Most...

The language of time and space Scholars have been investigating the nature of humanity for several millennia. The fields of linguistics,...

When Being Lost for Words is more than a memory lapse We all experience occasions when we are lost for words or struggle to find...

Why are so many languages spoken in the world? Around 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. This seems like an...

Does it become harder to learn new languages as you age? Until relatively recently, even scientists believed that you couldn’t teach old...

A New Rosetta Stone for Language Preservation Recent decades have seen the world become more integrated and better connected than ever...

The implications of language extinction Thousands of languages are spoken across the globe but sadly hundreds of these are close to...

The language of colour There was a time when languages didn’t feature words for individual colours. As languages evolved, words for...

Do emotions get lost in translation? The short answer is yes! Table of contents Do emotions get lost in translation? Language is the...

Most of us will view the concept of language through the prism of our own language or the other languages that we speak. But there are...

Covid-19 language and the Oxford English Dictionary Table of contents Covid-19 language and the Oxford English Dictionary A dictionary...

The Yorkshire Ripper Hoax We recently explored the role of forensic linguistics in assisting criminal investigations and in securing...

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Dynamic equivalence in translation In his book Toward a Science of Translating, published in 1964, the American linguist Eugene Nida...

Shakespeare, parlour games and kids – the history of knock-knock jokes Guaranteed to inspire many giggles, knock-knock jokes are firm...

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