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Does Linguistic Diversity Unite South Africans, or Divide Them?

In 1994, after decades of Apartheid, South Africans rebranded themselves a “rainbow nation.” Paradoxically, though, racial unity came…

Apr 28

Does Linguistic Diversity Unite South Africans, or Divide Them?

Apr 28

How Linguistics Shapes Freedom of Speech

Photo credit: Metro News

Mar 23

How Linguistics Shapes Freedom of Speech

Mar 23

Why Do So Few Japanese People Speak English?

Mar 19

Why Do So Few Japanese People Speak English?

Mar 19

Batailles Perdues: Why Isn’t French the Global Language?

Last summer, the world descended on Paris, bringing a festive atmosphere to a city whose recent history has been characterised more often…

Feb 22

Batailles Perdues: Why Isn’t French the Global Language?

Feb 22

Who Actually Lives in Greenland?

In recent weeks, the world’s largest, coldest island has been suddenly thrust into the centre of world affairs. US President Donald Trump’s…

Feb 20

Who Actually Lives in Greenland?

Feb 20

Interesting Characters: Why Doesn’t Everyone Adopt the Alphabet?

About a decade ago, a Beijing newspaper published a campus “gotcha” video that went viral nationwide. A reporter, armed with a pen and…

Feb 1

Interesting Characters: Why Doesn’t Everyone Adopt the Alphabet?

Feb 1

Swahili, Schools, and Decolonisation

Photo Credit: The Africa Specialists

Jan 23

Swahili, Schools, and Decolonisation

Jan 23

Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays? Why Does It Matter?

’Tis the season for many things. Friends and family, gifts and good cheer, and, unfortunately but inevitably, some amount of petty…

Dec 24, 2024

Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays? Why Does It Matter?

Dec 24, 2024

Why Don’t Egyptians Speak Egyptian?

Three years ago, I published an article asking whether Arabic is truly one language, or a family of related dialects artificially joined…

Nov 17, 2024

Why Don’t Egyptians Speak Egyptian?

Nov 17, 2024

Why Simple Rhetoric Works

This is not a political blog. But, throughout this year, which has held more elections worldwide than any in human history, it has stricken…

Nov 8, 2024

Why Simple Rhetoric Works

Nov 8, 2024

Sam Quillen

Sam Quillen

Former linguistics student; current investment bank analyst who sometimes thinks about something other than spreadsheets

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