English: A Global Force and its Unintended Consequences An incident in New York City, back in May 2018, highlighted the sensitive issue of language. Lawyer Aaron Schlossberg was in a café. Consequently, he heard staff speaking Spanish. He then reacted angrily. Moreover, he threatened to call immigration authorities. He also insisted they speak English. "This…
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The Changing Face of the English Sentence: A Journey Through Time Consider the iconic opening of the Declaration of Independence. It's undeniably memorable. But, have you ever stopped to think about how that sentence is actually built? It's a behemoth – 71 words long. Moreover, it contains eight separate clauses, each boasting its own verb. Therefore, it…
Deconstructing Duality: Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language's Unique Path Human languages, typically displaying structural regularities, can be likened to biological systems. Namely, they possess certain inherent constraints that limit radical variation. One almost universal linguistic characteristic is "duality of patterning." That is to say, meaningful components (words) are constructed from smaller, meaningless units (phonemes or gestures).…
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