Language
Artificial intelligence is trying to understand it. Diplomats and politicians use and abuse it. And words remain the world’s primary means of communication online, whether through text message, tweet, or email. Language’s power comes from its ability to adapt to serve the society that uses it; to make sense of how the global economy is changing, look at how the languages it speaks are evolving.
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- LANGUAGE LESSONSFive words in the English language people usually use incorrectlyQuartz • November 10, 2019
- COULD YOU REPEAT THAT?The language you speak changes how informative you can beQuartz • September 8, 2019
- LISTENHow a doctor and a linguist are using AI to better talk to dying patientsQuartz • September 3, 2019
- 👌How “OK” became the most spoken word on the planetQuartz • September 3, 2019
- WHAT'S IN A NAME?How the sound of your name shapes the way people think about youQuartz • August 19, 2019
- CELTIC WITSocial media is helping keep a hilarious and brilliant Scottish language aliveQuartz • August 15, 2019
- WORDS MATTERYes, you can call me disabledQuartz • June 3, 2019
- MOTHER TONGUELinguists found the world’s “weirdest” languages—and English is one of themQuartz • April 15, 2019
- UNPRESIDENTEDIn the age of Trump, grammar is now a form of resistanceQuartz • March 13, 2019
- GOING NOWHEREWhy the world is going to be stuck with English for a very long timeQuartz • March 7, 2019