Couples and baby talk · Geedzoj kaj albebaj voĉoj
This recent journalistic article says that according to the affection exchange theory, proposed by researcher Kory Floyd, specific vocal behaviours signal affection. These include the use of a high pitch, exaggerated intonation and a soft voice – traits that happen to...Nationalized Cosmopolitanism · Naciigita kosmopolitismo
In this article, sociologist Ana Velitchkova examines the periodical Bulgara Esperantisto over two years just after the end of World War II to see how the Bulgarian Esperanto movement carved a space for itself in the new political context by advancing a form of what...Occasionally books are free · Ne ĉiuj libroj kostas
The publishing house Sezonoj, run by Aleksander Korĵenkov and Halina Gorecka, is offering 19 Esperanto books for free download along with some older issues of the magazine La Ondo de Esperanto. La eldonejo Sezonoj, mastrumata de Aleksander Korĵenkov kaj Halina...AI and the evolution of ASL · Maŝinintelekto kaj la evoluo de ASL
American Sign Language (ASL) signs that are rare or have uncommon handshapes are made closer to the signer’s face, where people often look during sign perception. By contrast, common signs and those with more routine handshapes are made further away from the face. The...Early threats to Esperanto · Fruaj minacoj al Esperanto
Anabel E. Cull presented a paper entitled “Schism and Suppression: Early Threats to the Esperanto Language, and Resulting Impacts on International Acceptance” as part of the Young Historians Conference 2022 at Portland State University, Oregon. Anabel E. Cull...Coexistence of Black and Standard English · Kunekzisto de la afrik-usona kaj la norma anglaj lingvoj
This article in the New York Times discusses a recent claim that the requirement for students who speak a non-standard dialect of English at home to write in standard English at college is unjust and even racist. It argues that both Black English and standard English...How fetuses learn language · Kiel fetoj lernas lingvon
Research has shown that babies are born with the ability to recognise familiar sounds and language patterns. The study found that in the last 10 weeks of pregnancy, fetuses are listening to their mothers communicate, and when they are born, they can indicate what...Discrimination against foreign accents · Diskriminacio kontraŭ fremdaj akĉentoj
A study published last year by Katarzyna Boduch-Grabka and Shiri Lev-Ari of Royal Holloway, University of London shows that a short exposure to a foreign accent can reduce the bias that causes people to believe information less when it is presented in a non-native...“Racism” has too many definitions · “Rasismo” havas tro da difinoj
This article by John McWhorter points out that the word “racism” increasingly refers both to violent hate crimes and to differences in performance on standardized tests: “One of the thorniest aspects of today’s race debate is that we have come to apply that word to a...IfI: Information for Interlinguists
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