Language identifies a culture and helps to shape its identity; the forcible removal of one’s language can cause low self-esteem and an inauthentic identity. Unfortunately, this is a common experience ...

How the Book of Esther uses letters to safeguard Jewish identity and language during exile and empire.

Inside a Barcelona film studio, a technician cues up a scene from the movie Prisoners, showing Jake Gyllenhaal's latest car chase. Then a local actor — albeit one who's slightly older, balder and ...

They dominated political debate in Northern Ireland for years, but in the end new language laws have been given Royal Assent with relatively little fanfare. The passing of the Identity and Language ...

The story follows Nora, a Korean-Canadian playwright living in New York City who is happily married to her Jewish-American husband, Arthur. When her childhood sweetheart from Korea seeks her out to ...

Language is once again a major issue in the city-state. English’s progress risks weakening other languages, starting with Chinese, the largest mother tongue group. Policies to promote bilingualism are ...

Associate Professor, Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan The Patagonian desert in southern Argentina is a harsh environment. Little seems to ...

Do we need a national language to unify us? Of course not. The many wonderful languages we have worked just as well. Playing with language is akin to playing with fire. It pleases me that the Home ...