Father Tongues & In-Between Borders
Introducing: the Polish translation of MTT (minus the "Mother Tongue") & losing a part of a language you never really had
Motherlingual
On Language, Mothering, Multilingualism & more
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Language Death: Body or Soul?
A response to The New Yorker article on it being OK to let some languages die. Spoiler: It is never OK. A language does not have to be "useful" to be worthy.
Language Lessons from France's Michael Olise
The World Cup run may be over for France but Olise's bilingualism lessons live on.
Is it Better to Be Understood or to Be "Correct"?
AI & translation: what is gained, what is lost, what the "real" issue is (hint: native speakerism) & yes, why language learning the old way still matters
Who Tells Our Stories?
On fairy and folk tales, the maternal tradition of storytelling & mothers as language keepers
Many Mother Tongues, Language After Trauma & Matrescence
From British Sign Language exams to translations, workshops and a new paper on heritage language maintenance and motherhood.
The Beautiful Game...of Multilingualism
Sometimes, this is a football fan letter
The Language of Peonies
In honour of Mother's Day in some parts of the world, resharing an essay on the short season of flowers and perhaps, of everything
Half of Who You Are & Where Do You Belong?
And does it matter if you know the language? Notes on Season 2 of "Beef"
On Naming The World (and the Moon)
Moon missions, "overview effects", Chaos & two books I recently read & loved: Lulu Miller's "Why Fish Don't Exist" & Kaitlyn Teer's "Little Apocalypses"