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Legislating Letters: Kazakhstan’s Alphabetical Experiment
Only one army can march into a city with a measly squadron of around 26 soldiers and orchestrate a coup without firing a single bullet....
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Apr 19, 20184 min read


The Language of Tech
Since the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, Silicon Valley’s “empathy vacuum” has come under fire. Critics of the technology industry’s...
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Jan 6, 20185 min read


Linguistic Life Support: What Governments Should Do About Dying Languages
If, like Ludwig Wittgenstein, you believe that “the limits of my language are the limits of my world,” then your world is getting...
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Dec 14, 20176 min read
The Literary Glass Ceiling: Gender, Language, and France’s Conservative Dogmatism in the Workplace
“The rules that govern the distribution of genders in our language go back to late Latin and constitute internal constraints with which...
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Apr 2, 20176 min read


Same, Same, but Different: The Roots of Sri Lankan Ethnic Tension
Sri Lanka, or previously Ceylon, is a small nation with a diverse amalgam of religions and languages. During the British colonial period,...
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Jan 30, 20144 min read


In Swing States, the Politics of Language
With a greater chunk of non English-speaking voters headed to the polls in swing states next month than ever before in American electoral...
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Sep 25, 20122 min read
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