Why do languages become endangered?
How many languages would you say are spoken today? A running joke in the world of linguistics is that a sample of Americans once responded to this question with a - read more
What is gender-neutral language?
“An actress can only play the role of a woman. I’m an actor- I can play anything”. (Whoopi Goldberg, 1986). Whether it be common nouns like ‘fireman’ or ‘midwife’, or - read more
Similar expressions and idioms in English and Spanish
Have you ever seen a literal translation into English of a Spanish expression? If you have, you were probably puzzled, wondering about the meaning and maybe why Spanish people are - read more