Devorah Baum on Marriage, Love, and Divorce
February 14, 2024
Devorah Baum, author of On Marriage, talks with us about the proposal that sparked her writing on marriage, the woes of modern dating, and the important role divorce plays in… READ MORE
Tag: language
Interaction and Language Learning
June 26, 2020
Stacey Katz Bourns, Cheryl Krueger, and Nicole Mills— What does it mean to be able to communicate? In general, many researchers would say that competent communicators know what to say,… READ MORE
Infants and Language Learning
May 22, 2020
Marek Kohn— Amnesia inclines us to assume that entry into language is painless, as does the apparent ease with which children typically become speakers. But many if not most skills… READ MORE
Ep. 74 – The Importance of Learning Multiple Languages
May 2, 2019
A look at how we acquire language and the importance of learning more than one language at any age. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Soundcloud
Why Multilingualism Matters – A Q&A With Marek Kohn
March 1, 2019
In a world that has global English and translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to use more than one language is diminishing— but it is more important… READ MORE
The Historical Assault on the Language of the Deaf
August 18, 2017
Gerald Shea— Noam Chomsky, giving a lecture in Chicago in 1965, mistakenly defined language as “a specific sound-to-meaning correspondence.” When asked where this left the signed languages of the Deaf,… READ MORE
A Conversation Between Patrick Modiano Translators Mark Polizzotti and Damion Searls
August 14, 2017
On the heels of our publication of Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano’s Such Fine Boys and Sundays in August in English, two of his esteemed translators sat down to discuss Modiano’s idiosyncratic… READ MORE
The Ceaseless Curiosity of Alberto Manguel: An Interview with the Reader
April 2, 2015
What drives us to learn? How do books help us understand the world? How does language fail us? We sat down with reader and writer Alberto Manguel to satisfy our,… READ MORE
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