The political economy of language teaching: by Gamini Keerawella (Based on a speech delivered at the BCIS Language Awards Ceremony 2023) The Bandaranaike Center for International Studies (BCIS) has ...

Discomfort over body functions never sleeps, Burridge said, and the need for an ever-fresh selection of euphemisms about dirty subjects has long served as an impressive engine of linguistic invention.

That’s the question Laurent Binet asks in “The Seventh Function of Language,” a witty and playful novel true to the inquiring spirit of a critic who’d continually made clear that nothing ...

“The Seventh Function of Language,” a novel by French author Laurent Binet, is getting the feature film treatment. Uri Singer, the CEO of TaleFlick, a production company that specializes in ...

Nations and the function of language What exactly was the rebellion of those who built the Tower of Bavel? Shaun Slamowitz Oct 20, 2020, 6:53 AM (GMT+3) Language Nationalism Shaun Slamowitz.

This is the “magic or incantatory function,” a use of language that enables “the conversion of a third person, absent or inanimate, to whom a connotative message is addressed.” ...

The interactive function of language In our everyday social encounters, language serves an interactive function. It is not sufficient that language merely pairs forms and meanings.

The Seventh Function of Language spins a wild plot that begins with the (actual) death of literary critic Roland Barthes after being hit by a laundry van in Paris in 1980.

To forget a language is to lose a key to experiences beyond our own, shaping how we see humanity. The Young Reporter Scheme provides a platform for student voices and articles are submitted online ...

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art's Turn of Phrase: Language and Translation in Global Contemporary Art scrutinizes the critical and creative functions of language since the 1980s. Turn of Phrase ...