Within a week of the Salzburg Global Seminar's Statement for a Multilingual World launching in February 2018, the document – which calls for policies and practices that support multilingualism – had received 1.5m social ...
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2019
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Most of us will have entered into consumer contracts with large companies and ticked a box to confirm we understand the terms and conditions – without bothering to read the fine print.
Internet
Feb 4, 2019
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Images of extreme weather and alarming headlines about climate change have become common. Last month, dire predictions about our warming planet from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were ...
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2018
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Performing the mental gymnastics of making the phoenetic distinction between words and phrases such as "I'm hear" to "I'm here" or "I can't so but tons" to "I can't sew buttons," is familiar to anyone who has encountered ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 6, 2018
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"Ey oop! Ey oop!", says comedian Michael McIntyre to his audience in Leeds. "That's supposed to be 'hello', according to you." He sticks with his Yorkshire theme for a couple of minutes, mocking nowt, summat and the – as ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2018
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"Most people take language for granted, but not you … You and I both appreciate the power and specificity of words." This quote, taken from the recent Netflix series Manhunt: Unabomber, sums up nicely the notion that language ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2018
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Many of us regularly ask our smartphones for directions or to play music without giving much thought to the technology that makes it all possible – we just want a quick, accurate response to our voice commands.
Computer Sciences
Aug 16, 2018
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The deceptive methods of a sex offender who abused several children online have been exposed by academics at Aston University to help police catch other predators.
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2018
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A forensic linguist from The University of Manchester who analysed letters supposedly signed by Jack the Ripper has concluded that two of the most famous examples were written by the same person.
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2018
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In one of the first crowdfunding studies focusing on social enterprises, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that how a pitch is voiced and worded is much more important for social entrepreneurs ...
Economics & Business
May 31, 2017
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