Language, culture and history . . .

This excerpt comes from an article by Carolyn Y. Johnson on boston.com:

Mining the complete text of 4 percent of the world’s books, Harvard University and Google researchers used a powerful new tool unveiled yesterday to glean surprising insights into language, culture, and history. Books already tell stories, but when their words are combined and analyzed with computational tools, they tell bigger tales. By studying billions of words that appeared in books published over the last 200 ..read more

Do Words Affect our Thoughts?

Can the words we use affect the way we think? Do the words that describe an item actually affect the way we view the item? In some languages, the words used to describe a building can denote whether it is female or male. When a masculine word is used, the building is then thought to be enduring, immense, and full of strength. When a feminine word is used to describe the building, it is then thought ..read more

Opportunity International – a great organization

In lieu of Holiday Cards this year, Rapport International made a donation to Opportunity International.  No matter where in the world, or what language a person speaks, poverty is bad.  Opportunity International is a fabulous organization that allieviates povert.

 Here’s what the organization says:

When you make a gift to Opportunity International, you are helping to provide the financial services people need to work their way out of poverty. And your gift has an impact far greater than the actual dollars you ..read more

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