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University of Chicago researchers discovered that for young white children language can be more significant than race in defining a person’s identity. For young black children, different results emerged.
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A recent study has indicated that monkeys can "read", or at least distinguish real words from a nonsense jumble of letters.
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At the recent 2011 Hamilton Music Awards, the host, Tom Wilson, who is also a well-known musician, was congenial and often funny. He was also prone to using expletives to build up excitement.
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A group of Minnesota Republican State Senators and Representatives have introduced similar legislative bills in the House and the Senate that would make English the official state language. The bills have been called racist and an attack on immigration.
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A South Carolina border collie has been tested and found to have a vocabulary exceeding 1,000 words. During a three year period of extensive training, Chaser was taught the names of 1,022 toys and has been able to easily recall all of them.
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There were raised voices and heated tempers as Quebec politicians argued with one another over a new law regarding who qualifies to attend the province’s English public schools, but the new language bill passed by a vote of 61 to 54.
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As the rest of India hastily rushes to finish off preparations for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, a team of National Geographic researchers are conducting investigations on the opposite side of the country; and finding more than they bargained for.
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Some 400 years ago in North Peru, a Spaniard had jotted down numbers on the back of a letter. The small piece of paper has now been excavated by archaeologists and it has revealed traces of a lost language.
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British journalist Matthew Engel, a columnist on the Financial Times and contributor to the Daily Mail, has incited Britons to speak out against American words and phrases taking over the UK.
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Last week, a young bottle-nose dolphin named Merlin became the first of his species to join the growing number of enthusiasts using the Apple iPad when he was able to successfully recognize and touch pictures on the screen to match objects he was shown.
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Is English or Mandarin the language of the future?
 The Windsor Police Service is trying to improve communications with the public — in any language, including sign language.
Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe.
Technology aimed at translating sign language into text is being developed by Aberdeen scientists.
Hispanics and Republicans don't speak the same language
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