Posts Tagged ‘Language’
Rhapsodies in Blue
Vulgar tongues, cruel etymologies, and a spot of poetry
Read MoreLittle Bowls of Colors
Writing in a foreign language can reveal secrets long buried in our mother tongue
Read MoreCellspeak
Hope Is the Enemy
Caring for a patient suffering from dementia means coming to terms with the frustrating paradoxes of memory and language
Read MoreWe Need to Chat
How technology has changed the way we relate to one another
Read MoreMy Mother’s Yiddish
The music of my childhood was a language filled with endearments and rebukes, and frequent misunderstandings
Read MoreMagic Fingers
Do baby sign language courses really work?
Read MoreWhat Makes Hemingway Hemingway?
On the psychology of artistic style
Read MoreOn Expecting Things to Fall Apart
We understand entropy surprisingly early in life
Read MoreLimericks That Leave You Hanging
When we expect to hear a rhyme and don’t
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