News
The Magic Spell Hypothesis of Legalese
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The complex language of “legalese” in legal documents projects a sense of authority, a style that even non-lawyers have adopted and use effectively. We think Witches might be able to help.
Arts & Culture
Reading the Silmarillion
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Ultimately, whether he intended the Silmarillion to function as a national epic for England, Britain, the Anglosphere, or the entire world does not really matter all that much. What matters is that he succeeded.
Middle East
Previously unknown Indo-European language discovered in Turkey
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Scientists have discovered a fragment of a new Indo-European language preserved in the ancient Hittite capital of Boğazköy-Hattusha.
Europe
Study hints at when a common ancestor of Indo-European languages emerged
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New research suggests that the common ancestor of languages like Spanish, English and Hindi emerged about 8,000 years ago, resolving differences in two competing theories about the origin of Indo-European languages.