By now, we’ve heard much about multilingualism’s mass appeal for both mind and market value alike (apologies for sounding too gauche, but isn’t that what the curriculum vitae is all about?). It’s no surprise to see that speaking more than one language may have significant benefits on our cognition as…
culture
Point and Call and the Point of it all
There was a time my keys went missing and I frantically rummaged the place in what I thought was every nook and cranny to find them. I was already running late for one thing or another and I couldn’t appreciate adding more time to the wait with these missing keys….
aging
Aging in Multilingual
Multilingualism mystifies me with its modest magic. Being able to share a thought with another through language is already useful, and then to amplify this prowess along a different dimension is nothing short of beautiful. Many researchers have prodded the possibility of multilingual benefits and evidence continues to accrue in…
language
Hello world!
The title is the default title for a first post, but it really is quite adorable, isn’t it? I’ve decided to keep it since it puts a smile on my face knowing that I can greet an entire world with two tiny bits of text. And that is the power…