Tagged: linguistics

F-bombed

Is our culture really more profane than in the past?

  • September 30, 2015
“In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain, a Biography A few years back, Jeff Chown was teaching an NIU…

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10 reasons to be bilingual

Mastering a second language has hidden perks

  • September 16, 2015
The region’s demand for employees who speak more than one language is on the rise, but beefing up the résumé certainly isn’t the only benefit to being bilingual. Picking up…

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Learning English in Afghanistan

English, English Everywhere

Why does the rest of the world want to speak English?

  • September 16, 2015
It’s impossible to watch a newscast this month without seeing coverage of the flood of Syrians trying to make their way to Europe. Each features at least one interview with…

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