The Loglan Project: A Logical Language
Could a language built on pure logic change the way we think? This article explores the ambitious Loglan project and its successor, Lojban, which were designed to test the famous…
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The Language of Scent
We can recall scents with startling clarity, yet we struggle to describe them, a phenomenon known as the olfactory-verbal gap. While most languages are "odor-poor," relying on comparisons, cultures like…
The Syntax of Scent: Can We Ever Truly Describe Smells with Words?
Why can we describe a shade of blue with a dozen words, but struggle to articulate the scent of rain? Our language seems to fail us when it comes to…
Seeing Blue: How the Language You Speak Changes Your Perception of Color
Do you see the same "blue" as a Russian speaker, who has two distinct words for the color? The fascinating link between language and color perception reveals that our vocabulary…
Linguistic Relativity: How Language Influences Thought
In the world of linguistics, one of the most intriguing and debated theories is that of linguistic relativity, commonly referred to as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis....