Morten H. Christiansen, The William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Psychology, Cornell University and Fabio Trecca, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science of Language, Aarhus University There are three ...

There are several reasons why you may want to embark on a journey to learn a new language. Maybe you have an international trip on the horizon. It could be because you have non-English speaking family ...

Richard Swerdlow weighs in on why Americans should be open to learning new languages. Recently, in line at my neighborhood coffee shop, I got to chatting with the guy standing in front of me. Our ...

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Imagine drinking hot cider with a good book. Add in a warm blanket and a pair of cozy slippers. That warm, content, joyful feeling you feel right now? That’s hygge (pronounced hoo-ga). The term is a ...

Hot off the heels of Danish comedy Another Round winning this year’s Best International Feature Oscar, Netflix has greenlit its first Danish-language original movie, Loving Adults. Dar Salim (Borgen) ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) There are three main reasons why Danish is so complicated. First, with about 40 ...

The way Danes speak makes it much harder for Danish children to learn the language. Fabio Trecca, CC BY-ND A visual depiction of the words for ‘smoked trout’ spoken out loud in Danish (top) and ...