David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...
Why do some languages have simpler grammars than others? Researchers propose that the size of the community influences the complexity of the language that evolves in it. When small and large groups of ...
As a student I learned only a smattering of words in my high school German classes. I’m not alone. Less than one percent of Americans master a foreign language in the classroom. And like, I suspect, ...
to get started learning the basics of a new language. I've been using the app for a little over a year now to teach myself French. I'm no master just yet, but I've learned a lot about the language, ...
How do you translate the common Yiddish complaint hakn a tshaynik for an audience that may have never heard the phrase before? Director Joshua Z. Weinstein went with the literal “stop banging on the ...
Learning a new language is difficult and time-consuming. Yet, once one does so, one's ability to appreciate and experience a culture is fundamentally augmented. Whether someone heads to Ibiza for ...
From a friendlier way to write WebAssembly to a visual language for machine learning, these 11 programming tools could redefine the way you write software. Was it Alexander Pope who said, “Hope ...
In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...