Can we think without language? The question has entangled itself in my mind since I re-read Ursula K Le Guin’s classic science fiction novel The Dispossessed a little earlier this year. The book seeks to
All living languages change over time, drifting imperceptibly like the seasons. They keep their inner logic, the rules governing word order, tense, the use of inflection to denote singular and plural. But words come and
You are writing a blog post, text for a web page or a feature for a publication. You have prepared with commendable diligence. You have a good understanding of who you are writing for. You
The mode of writing we’ve been discussing, classic style, may have developed in the academies, libraries, salons and cafés of 17th century France but its focus on confidence and clarity makes it useful for a