Language

‘It will be so emotional’: Rose Ayling-Ellis on BSL becoming an official language
Accessibility

‘It will be so emotional’: Rose Ayling-Ellis on BSL becoming an official language

A bill to make British Sign Language a recognised language in public life has been passed by MPs. Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis told The Big Issue about the difference it will make.

To understand a language you need the culture that surrounds it
Culture

To understand a language you need the culture that surrounds it

Author CJ Moore says understanding a language is one thing, but understanding the culture in which it makes sense is quite another

Arrival and the cosmic truth of language
Film

Arrival and the cosmic truth of language

Linguistics professor Jessica Coon was an adviser on the film Arrival – the real life equivalent of Amy Adams’ character – and says that even if we all speak different languages we have so much in common

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