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Getting Through
Understanding how culture affects the ways we communicate-how we tell jokes, greet, ask questions, hedge, apologize, compliment, and so much more.We can learn to speak other …
Changing Minds
Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives.We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our …
Becoming Fluent
How adult learners can draw upon skills and knowledge honed over a lifetime to master a foreign language.Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because …
Irony and Sarcasm
A biography of two troublesome words.Isn't it ironic? Or is it? Never mind, I'm just being sarcastic (or am I?). Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and …