Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), gives us a taste of the extraordinary geographical diversity of sign languages throughout the world.

Neuroscientist Martin Monti (UCLA) discusses what one can learn about the brain by explicitly comparing basic algebra and language.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego) discusses the growing research overlap of sign language linguistics with modern neuroscience.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, muses on the differences between native speakers of non-gendered and gendered languages.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), discusses how studying a particular sign-language impairment may lead to a deeper understanding of of how the brain processes both space and language.

Sign language linguist Carol Padden relates the importance of Bill Stokoe’s pioneering work for developing a deeper understanding, not only of sign language, but of the linguistic structure of all languages.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, argues that speech serves a strong sociological function as a form of self-indentification.

Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) gives a brief account of how the field of philosophy of language has changed.

Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes current thinking in the language sciences about how language systems change and adapt over time.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, suggests that the celebrated English comic tradition might simply be a result of translation.

Historian Nile Green (UCLA) describes how adopting the model of religious economy allows us to make better sense of the difference between all manner of violent and non-violent religious sects.

Sign language linguist Carol Padden describes how smaller languages are often much more impenetrable to outsiders than larger languages, due to a combination of grammatical structure and common sense of reference.

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Marcel Danesi, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, was born in Lucca, Italy. He was professor of semiotics and anthropology at Victoria College, University of Toronto, he directs the semiotics and communication theory programs. Danesi...

Marcel Danesi, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, was born in Lucca, Italy. He was professor of semiotics and anthropology at Victoria College, University of Toronto, he directs the semiotics and communication theory programs. Danesi...

Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) describes the tensions between the field of philosophy of language and metaphysics.

Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) describes how so-called "monoalphabetic ciphers" can be cracked using statistical analysis.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), reflects on how technology might affect the future use of sign languages.

Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) gives some key pointers to young translators.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, describes false stereotypes, and challenges, associated with translating humor.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes how different cultural reference points sometimes make it particularly difficult for us to learn foreign languages.

This video explores the components of a lyric poem and explains how to compose a lyric poem.

“Etymology” describes the way to research and determine the origins of words.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, a "non-Chomskyan", pays allegiance to Noam Chomsky’s profound contributions to linguistics.