Language alone can’t work to “brainwash” a person into joining a cult, says Amanda. The term brainwashing is just a metaphor – not a real or testable phenomenon. You can’t convince ...

They told us about their day-to-day lives and how they use secret memes to connect with ... She began to understand the language of the internet. “I used memes a lot, specific memes, to reach ...

They told us about their day-to-day lives and how they use secret memes to connect with ... She began to understand the language of the internet. “I used memes a lot, specific memes, to reach ...

A new book, The Secret Language of Maps, shares techniques that can help you sort information and make it more compelling—no matter who your audience is.

The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University offers various courses in linguistics. Linguistics is often called "the science of language," the study of the human ...

Graduate programmes at LSE are demanding and you will need to demonstrate that you have a high level of English language proficiency before you embark on your studies. Your answers to the relevant ...

Singer-guitarist William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain is 66. Actor Mark Derwin (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” ″Life With Bonnie”) is 64. Actor Daphne Zuniga (“Melrose ...

relationship—despite how embarrassing they can be. Language is born out of need—the need to communicate, the need to connect. Across the world, languages have emerged from these basic human ...

Applications with an invalid, insufficient, or missing language certificate will not be evaluated by the department and will be rejected on formal grounds. The following lists contain all recognised ...

Because of the war back home, people didn't have access to their birth records, and many didn't know their true birthdays. Similar situations played out for thousands of other refugees.

To find a way to cope, they invented Nushu, a secret language men could not understand. We speak with director Violet du Feng about Nushu, which is the subject of her new documentary Hidden ...