The way language is used to shape your reality
For three years in a row, the incidents from New Year’s Eve 2015/16 have been troubling Germans towards the end of each year.
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“Wasn’t me, I swear on me mum!” – How to spot the bad guy with the help of forensic linguistics
Think of your favourite crime series on TV. Almost always there’s the sharp-witted introvert guy with curly hair who seemingly draws the clues from out of nowhere.
Are you already a competent speaker of English?
You might have already experienced some awkward or funny misunderstandings when speaking English or another foreign language with native speakers. Misunderstandings or pragmatic failure in a foreign language between members of different cultural backgrounds and languages are very frequent. They occur when people greet each other, when they apologize...
