Language
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Human cognitive diversity joins a number of other forms of diversity that are disappearing. Diversity of mammals and plants, of languages and cuisines. But the…
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Language loss can be considered as extreme as the extinction of a plant or an animal—regarding indigenous languages in particular.
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Portuguese speakers commonly boast that “saudade” is untranslatable. Does that mean certain emotion experiences can be unique to a particular culture?
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Examining the ways in which we use the word ‘interesting’ unlocks a key understanding about human existence and how we experience the world.
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We need to change the language we use when talking about religion, starting with the word “cult.”
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Experts estimate that one language goes extinct every 14 days. When a language dies, we lose history, culture, and a unique way of viewing the…