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Universal language and Universal Grammar
Mireia Llinas-Grau looks at Zamenhof’s and Chomsky’s motivations and concerns
Learning a second language
Gabriela Valenzuela on why some people speak a foreign language more proficiently than others
Planet Word
Ann B. Friedman on establishing a language museum
Mind your grammar
Daniel Van Olmen, Marta Andersson, Jonathan Culpeper and Riccardo Giomi explain how impoliteness is embedded in the structures of language
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