Books & arts
15 December 2011
Iain Topliss looks at why we don’t – and shouldn’t – speak the same language, and how Russian has no single word for blue
Essays & reportage
27 October 2011
Despite the international evidence, the Northern Territory has discouraged bilingual programs in its schools, writes Lisa Waller. But there are early signs of another…
Books & arts
4 April 2011
Yes, languages do influence the way we see the world
Podcasts
1 October 2009
After nearly a quarter of a century collecting data among the Mennonites of southern Ontario, Kate Burridge is identifying the broader linguistic implications of her…
Essays & reportage
23 October 2008
Is the energy, liveliness and to-the-pointness of text-messaging already history, asks Richard Johnstone