Short summary Returning from a won battle, Macbeth and Banquo met three witches. They announce them the next Macbeth’s coronation...
Language
It’s fascinating how our brain works to bend the language and use it to achieve certain purposes. However, what is...
Gertrude, or the well-known “Nun of Monza”, is certainly one of the most interesting and mysterious characters of The Betrothed,...
Language attitudes in sociolinguistics Language attitudes in multilingual settings are significant and say a lot about this language. A language...
Throughout our life on earth, we exist in language, and we live with language. This basic ability, which constitutes our...
Do you think that Spanish is the same around the world? For a non-native Spanish speaker, it may come as...
During a conversation with somebody, you involuntarily show your background. It can be expressed through various means like the choice...
Welcome to the second topic in our Art 101 series – Illuminated manuscripts. Today we will be taking a...
What is the Situation Today? Nowadays in so many parts of the world people are able to speak more than...
On what is founded the interaction with animals? Society is the most developed “animal kingdom“ ever existed. It entails not only...
Status of the Language Hawaiian or otherwise known as ’Olelo Hawai’i Makuahine is a language that is spoken on the...
Old English started developing after the Germanic tribes invaded the islands. This can be found in the most influential account...
When speaking modern English, we use only one second-person pronoun you. It can be used when the speaker is referring...
“An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe”, written by William Penn, consists of a peace proposal. In...
What is the “Language Planning”? The term “language planning” was first introduced in literature by Haugen (1959). He used it...
In the previous episode, we’ve seen the status planning If you missed it, you can click here: 2. Corpus planning Quoting...
Previously… National language planning is made up of three elements: status planning, corpus planning, and acquisition planning. The spread of...
Monolingualism in Europe Monolingualism, usually, does not dominate in countries. Especially, Europe does not have monolinguistic states. This situation has...
Nowadays, there is nothing that doesn’t go through the drafting of documentation: contracts, powers of attorney, articles of association, financial...
Translation choices: the translator’s dilemmas Let’s suppose you are reading the translated version of your favourite book… How would you...
So, what ’twere like ‘i the early 1000s? Wait, let us rephrase! So, what was it like in the...
What is a linguistic picture of the world and how it affects your worldview? In different cultures people express themselves...
If you are lucky enough to be in Catalonia on the 23rd of April, you will experience one of the...
It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t love chocolate. People can have it in endless ways nowadays; mixed with hot...
Latin languages are Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Romanian. Spoken areas in the European continent are as follows; The...
A root is the basic unit of a word and cannot be further divided. Word roots carry most of the...
The Middle Ages The middle Ages is somewhere between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance and Reformation....
WHAT IS ROMANTICISM? Romanticism started very late 18th century. This period, though by far the shortest, is at least...
As the leading language of international discourse in the 21st century world, English became one of the most spoken languagages...
You should know these phrases if you are having a trip to France in case you come across some people...