• What is a Phoneme?

    Every language can be broken down into its smallest speech sounds. These sounds are what differentiate one word from another. These sounds do not have meaning on their own, but when combined together, can form basic words. These sounds are referred to as “phonemes“. Most readers will recall from their experience in elementary school that…

  • What is language displacement?

    Much of the work of Linguists is to establish what makes human language unique. Comparisons are often made between human speech and other forms of animal communication, such as studies regarding the ways that monkeys communicate with one another. In 1960, the Linguist Charles F. Hockett proposed that there were attributes of human language that…

  • Why is learning a new language so hard?

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