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Professor Vyv Evans

Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans
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Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

Which is the most difficult language to learn from scratch?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood  · 1 ответ
All children are born with the same kind of brain wiring, so they’re equally adept at learning any possible human language. For a new-born, any language is, in principle, as easy or as... Читать далее
Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

What's the easiest way to learn a new language?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood  · 1 ответ
There are three main elements you need to be effective. The first is that you have to learn smart, the second is that you have to practise, and the third is that you need some kind of... Читать далее
Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

What were the key historical landmarks in the development of language?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood  · 1 ответ
If we go back to the development that led to the later emergence of language, the very earliest development was the rise of bipedalism 6 million years ago – when the hominin ancestors to... Читать далее
Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

Why is English such a difficult language to learn?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood  · 1 ответ
Well, how difficult it is to learn relates to what your native language is; and this follows as some languages are more similar in terms of sounds, vocabulary and grammatical patterns... Читать далее
Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

What is the fastest-growing language on earth, and should I learn it?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood  · 2 ответа
There was a study conducted by an investment bank in 2014 which suggested that French is the world’s fastest growing language. The study found that, in 2010, Mandarin was spoken by 10% of... Читать далее
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Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and author of The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning. www.vyvevans.net @VyvEvans

Does the popularity of emoji and text-speak indicate a dumbing-down of society?

спрашиваетStephen Eastwood  · 2 ответа
No, it doesn’t. The function of emoji is to fulfil some of the non-verbal communication that we obtain in face-to-face interactions. Much of our interpersonal communications rely on... Читать далее