Federal protections promise a fair trial in a language you understand, but for millions who speak lesser-known languages, courts can’t keep that promise.
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‘The chief objection to Michigander is that it inspires idiots to call a Michigan woman a Michigoose and a child a Michigosling,’ the American essayist H.L. Mencken wrote in 1947.
Spanish signs are becoming more popular in the Italian Market in South Philadelphia, but decreasing along the Golden Block in North Philadelphia.
Ever wondered where everyday things got their names? Or where words come from? Language is a powerful thing, creating new words all the time.
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.
Languages don’t have a beginning that can be compared to the birth of a living being.
Indonesia hasn’t made a strategic effort to push bahasa Indonesia in Australia. That’s in stark contrast to how French and other languages are promoted in Australia, including through cultural events.
Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.
Be sceptical when it’s claimed that a language has ‘no word for X’ or ‘50 words for Y’.
It’s too easy to make assumptions based on an accent or the pitch of a voice.
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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PhD Linguistics (Forensic Speech Science), University of York
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Professor of Linguistics, English Language and Literatures and Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
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