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Long before English dominated global trade, the language of the Sogdians, an Iranian people from Central Asia, connected the great…
Step inside the chaotic world of a high-end restaurant kitchen, a linguistic pressure-cooker that has forged its own unique lexicon…
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Ever wonder why we have a dozen words for the toilet? This is the "euphemism treadmill," a linguistic cycle where…
What if the ability to say "if" was a prerequisite for science itself? This post explores how counterfactuals and the…
We think of Python or Java as "computer languages," but they are fundamentally constructed languages built on core linguistic principles.…
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Beyond the simple "he/she/it" of English, many languages categorize the world in ways that are deeply tied to culture and…
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