Resources for Reflections on Culture and Language

[Global Studio]

The Economist has a regular blog named 'Johnson' after Samuel Johnson, who published his Dictionary of the English Language in 1755.  Reading this blog's posts will certainly make you more aware of the links between language and culture.  Of particular interest recently:

• Learning Arabic with Rosetta Stone?
• My Maiden Aunt's Second Cousin's Sister-in-Law

As you learn words to describe your family and relationships, the second article may be particularly interesting.