In a previous post we dealt with the issue of multilingualism and the consequences it has in people’s lives. That article made reference to the oral aspect of the coexistence of several languages in a single place, but it did not delve into what happens with signs in public spaces. This phenomenon is known as […]
Without any doubt, each World Cup is an event that fires up passions and moves multitudes across the world. And even though it’s a sport known in almost every country, with common rules understood by all, it presents an endless list of linguistic and cultural considerations that we must not overlook, all the less so […]
The emergence and subsequent extension of a wide array of communication tools have paved the way for a vast series of changes related to the manner in which people express their languages in words. Recently, I have received more than one e-mail, typically referred to as an “e-mail chain,” warning me about the dangers of […]
Switzerland lies at the crossroads of several major European cultures that have heavily influenced the country’s language and culture. It’s the only European country other than Austria to have four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. This diversification of languages concentrated in this one country has drawn much attention to the use of translation […]