At a major conference to be held from 19 to 23 July, over 450 scholars will gather to present papers and to engage in progressive discussion on European and Mediterranean linguistic anthropology, language and society, sociolinguistics and related fields. The theme is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The 33rd International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition is currently taking place at the University of Silesia in Szczyrk, Poland. Its theme is modern technologies in foreign language teaching, learning and research. La 33-a Internacia Konferenco...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered a direct link between the tongue movements of infants and their ability to distinguish speech sounds. Esploristoj ĉe la Universitato de Brita Kolumbio malkovris rektan ligon inter la langomovoj de...

Some of the world’s major lingua francas are closely identified with particular religions – Latin and Catholicism, Arabic and Islam, Sanskrit and Hinduism, and so on. This article examines the counterpoint to this pattern offered by Esperanto. Iujn el la ĉefaj...

Have you contributed your voice to Mozilla’s Common Voice project? The aim is to create a free database for speech recognition software. There is now also a forum for collaborating on, among other things, getting funding for specific language communities. Ĉu vi...

The journal Philosophical Psychology announces the Lex Academic Essay Prize, to be awarded to the author of the best essay on the understanding of linguistic discrimination. La revuo Philosophical Psychology (Filozofia Psikologio) anoncas la Esean Premion Lex...

The US organisation NJTESOL/NJBE (New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages / New Jersey Bilingual Educators) uses email discussion lists and local workshops to promote the voices of teachers, and of ESL and bilingual students, about legislation...