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The Two Pasts of Bulgarian: Witnessed vs. Unwitnessed

In most languages, the past is simply the past. But in Bulgarian, your grammar forces you to specify your source:…

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The Dual Pronouns of Ancient Sanskrit

In our modern world, we count 'one' and 'many.' But Ancient Sanskrit had a third, forgotten category: the dual, a…

3 months ago

The Two ‘To Be’s of Irish Gaelic

Like Spanish, Irish Gaelic has two verbs for 'to be', but the logic is entirely different. Instead of temporary vs.…

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A, B, C: The Hidden Logic of Alphabetical Order

We learn the alphabet as children, but have you ever wondered why the letters are in that specific order? The…

3 months ago

How Dogs Bark Around the World

Why does an English-speaking dog say "woof" while a Japanese dog says "wan wan"? The answer isn't in the dog,…

3 months ago

Can AI Understand a Poem?

An AI can write a surprisingly convincing poem, but can it truly understand one? We explore the immense linguistic and…

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Reading Without Inner Speech

Do you hear a voice in your head when you read? While many of us have a constant inner narrator,…

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What Are Semantic Primes?

Have you ever tried to define a simple word like 'want' without using a synonym? The theory of Semantic Primes…

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Is Cursive Better for Your Brain?

As schools increasingly drop cursive, we must ask: are we just losing an old-fashioned script, or are we sacrificing a…

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What Are Grammatical ‘Moods’?

When we talk about 'mood' in grammar, we're not talking about being happy or sad; we're referring to a verb's…

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