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

‘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

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

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