Language is not just a means of communication, but also the expression of an entire nation’s identity. There will always be a trade-off between valuing and preserving a people’s native language, and the return of an investment in human capital that learning a dominant or common language provides.
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Everyday Economics: The Economics of Language
It might seem a little depressing to reduce something with so many individualities to a matter of costs and benefits, but in doing so we can perhaps explain why one language may be more likely to outlive another. If we say that the creator of a language (or the founder of a society’s particular communication system) is the fundamental policy-maker, what makes this particular policy successful in the long-term?
Why Words Matter
Louis Capstick explores the central role of language in systemic and casual racism.
Language, coronavirus and an insight into testing
Given my usual lack of success with blood tests, I decided to educate myself on what a Covid testing experience might be like in case I need to have one