The language, Ms. Davies notes in an afterword, is based on the now extinct Norn language of Shetland. The studious minister struggles to grasp the nuances of the many words for what he would call ...

The island was one of the last places in Shetland where the old Norn language, a relic of Norse times, was spoken. And it never full adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, preferring instead to ...

A field guide of sorts to the language of the wild world— an ode ... from Pembrokeshire to Norfolk; from Norn and Old English, Anglo-Romani, Cornish, Welsh, Irish, Gaelic, Orcadian, Shetlandic ...

Body language is a silent orchestra, as people constantly give clues to what they’re thinking and feeling. Non-verbal messages including body movements, facial expressions, vocal tone and volume ...

Few things in Chinese culture are more widely misunderstood outside of China than the Chinese language. The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today ...

Discovering the Norn cell: A leap in biological understanding ... Like the widely acclaimed ChatGPT in language processing, these AI-powered foundation models catalyze a paradigm shift in ...

Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest ... he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn. To save content items to your ...

Korean, known in the language itself as Kugo, is the language of the Korean Peninsula in northeast Asia. In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) there are 20 million ...

One of the best ways to get in touch with new places and cultures is to study their native languages, and luckily, there are many ways to learn a new language without ever leaving your couch.

Combine the study of sociology with learning a modern language. Spend a year abroad at one of our partner institutions. Taught jointly by the Department of Sociology and the Language Centre, this BSc ...

Language is constantly adapting and changing to reflect our changing lives, experiences and cultures. Language change enables us to accommodate new ideas, inventions and technologies. It's not ...

Early in the Covid-19 outbreak, the Shetland Islands were one of the worst-hit areas of the UK by head of population. Now, no new cases have been detected there for six weeks. Some experts say it ...