In the U.S. and elsewhere, nationality tends to be defined by a set of legal parameters. This may involve birthplace, parental citizenship or procedures for naturalization.

The Scottish Languages Bill is simply a rehash of the status quo, writes Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, the co-author of a ...

While semantic communication systems outperform traditional ones, most current research focuses on a single language, overlooking multilingual contexts. This letter proposes two approaches to extend ...

She thinks nothing of her extraordinary luck that locals conduct deep philosophical conversations with her in English, nor of the irony that her monolingualism forces them to accommodate her after ...

Monolingualism was an invention of the nation state, only a few centuries ago, but the word has always described an aspiration more than a reality, despite temporarily effective and often cruel ...

Joshua Bell, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, says that many people still consider monolingualism to be the norm. He and his team hope to dispel that myth ...

India stands as a shining example of linguistic diversity, with millions of its citizens fluent in multiple languages. This phenomenon contrasts sharply with much of the Western world, where ...

Monolingualism of the other, or, The prosthesis of origin by Derrida, Jacques Publication date 1998 Topics Language and languages -- Philosophy, Lenguaje y lenguas -- Filosofía, 08.25, 08.25 ...

Adam Thirlwell, the author who rewrites the past: ‘Monolingualism seems like a terrible and totalitarian idea to me’ The writer was one of the brightest stars of British literature when he debuted ...

A new collection on 'Multilingual Digital Humanities', co-edited by Paul Spence, Reader in Digital Humanities, and Lorella Viola, Researcher in Linguistics and Digital Humanities at the University of ...