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Linguistics

Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead

Maverick Life

Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead

by: Tony Thorne

After the Bell: The new language of bribery

Business Maverick, South Africa, World

After the Bell: The new language of bribery

by: Tim Cohen

Much-needed change in deaf education must be ‘led by the deaf’

South Africa, Maverick Life, Maverick Citizen, DM168

Much-needed change in deaf education must be ‘led by the deaf’

by: Rebecca Pitt

Why people hate or love the sound of certain words

Magazine, Maverick Life

Why people hate or love the sound of certain words

by: Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater

Ukrainian and Russian – how similar are the two languages?

Magazine, Maverick Life

Ukrainian and Russian – how similar are the two languages?

by: Neil Bermel

Got Zoom fatigue? Out-of-sync brainwaves could be another reason videoconferencing is such a drag

Magazine, Maverick Life

Got Zoom fatigue? Out-of-sync brainwaves could be another reason videoconferencing is such a drag

by: Julie Boland

How I reconstructed an unwritten ancient African language

Magazine, Maverick Life

How I reconstructed an unwritten ancient African language

by: H. Ekkehard Wolff

An exhilarating linguistic minefield: Be duidelik and dala what you must

South Africa, DM168

An exhilarating linguistic minefield: Be duidelik and dala what you must

by: Marianne Thamm

Scrabbling to the top

Maverick Life

Scrabbling to the top

by: Rebecca Davis

Literacy: You just can’t fake it

South Africa

Literacy: You just can’t fake it

by: Nic Spaull

Jeremy Vearey – activist, teacher, gang-buster, top cop with the heart of a poet

South Africa, Maverick Life

Jeremy Vearey – activist, teacher, gang-buster, top cop with the heart of a poet

by: Marianne Thamm

Young MPs change the narrative

South Africa

Young MPs change the narrative

by: Suné Payne, Aphiwe Ngalo and Hlumela Dyantyi