Georgian language and the country name, Georgia
Georgia, the country, is increasingly becoming a popular tourist destination. And like many others, I spent a vacation traveling to Georgia’s beautiful Caucasus mountains. Two issues about Georgia made me curious in the context of language. The first is the uniqueness of the Georgian language as well as the name of the country “Georgia” previously […]
Language and Thought – Linguistics
The mother tongue of about 300 million people is English and it is estimated that somewhere between half a billion and 2 billion people speak (or try to speak) English as a second language. We, as a translation company, provide multilingual translation services and it is interesting that most of our translations (and it seems […]
Language and Thought
In the philosophy of language in its post-modernistic interpretation, there is much discussion about the concept of “discourse” (initially introduced by Michel Foucault) that deals with the space within which the discourse (narrative) operates and its impact on individual and social consciousness. Discourse changes over time in norms and perceptions and even in its linguistic […]
Accent Diversity and Discrimination
All of us humans, are subject to many cognitive influences and biases. We think our reasoning and judgment are impeccable, but humans in general are prone to errors and biases in perception and judgment for a wide range of reasons. It is recommended to check out the “List of cognitive biases” entry on Wikipedia to […]