Some Words Really Are Magic...
The development of language gave early societies a whole new layer of reality...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/26/Some-Words-Really-Are-Magic/
The Scourge of Nonsensical Corporate Jargon...
"Jargon" refers to language that only means something to a specific group of... ...ovsky (previously at Neatorama) explains how this language evolved from regular workplace talk, and why it i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/23/The-Scourge-of-Nonsensical-Corporate-Jargon/
Do All Human Languages Have Basic Grammar Rules?
A controversy among linguists which has been ragin... ...et of rules that people use, no matter what their language is? Anyone who has tried to learn a second or thi... ...? Anyone who has tried to learn a second or third language knows how different these languages can be. E...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/04/27/Do-All-Human-Languages-Have-Basic-Grammar-Rules/
Negation: A Difficult Language Concept We All Understand
You've heard the phrase "don't think about an elep... ...ple negatives. However, there are rare cases when language is so confusing that we really have to stop and a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/04/05/Negation-A-Difficult-Language-Concept-We-All-Understand/
What's the Difference Between a Dormant Language, a Dead Language, and an Extinct Language?
We all know what a living language is- those are the ones we use. But languages eventually die out when people don't use them. Th... ...ie out when people don't use them. The death of a language is a gradual process that goes from a lack of nat... ...ery. We think of Latin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/28/Whats-the-Difference-Between-a-Dormant-Language-a-Dead-Language-and-an-Extinct-Language/
Why English Has Upper Case and Lower Case Letters...
Unless you are celebrating INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK... ...dized rules when writing or typing in the English language .Historically speaking, though, this is a fairly m... ..., though, this is a fairly modern invention. Many languages do not use different cases, including languages...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/11/18/Why-English-Has-Upper-Case-and-Lower-Case-Letters/
Number Words and the Human Body...
The roots of the words we use for numbers vary aro... ...ll tell us about the anatomical origins of number language . -via Laughing Squid
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/08/30/Number-Words-and-the-Human-Body/
What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?...
[https://youtu.be/A8zWWp0akUU] (YouTube link)Engli... ....be/A8zWWp0akUU] (YouTube link)English is a weird language , in that the written version consists of letters...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/08/15/What-If-English-Were-Phonetically-Consistent/
How to Raise Multilingual Kids...
Teaching your child to speak and understand two (o... ...your child to speak and understand two (or more) languages is a great way to give him a leg up in life. He o... ...ildren claim that the best way to teach a child a language is OPOL, or the one-person, one- language meth...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/07/30/How-to-Raise-Multilingual-Kids/
French Restaurant...
[https://youtu.be/vbBzXPQ4CFk] (YouTube link)This... ...t translates the English captions, not the spoken language
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/07/26/French-Restaurant/
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