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Whether you’re monolingual, were raised in a bilingual household or are an adult enthusiast who only picked up the language-learning bug later in life, the languages we speak act as powerful tools to promote cultural understanding and to cultivate a shared sense of identity, whether this is national identity, European identity or even a postmodern transnational global identity. At its core, language is about communication, and how we communicate with others is an essential prerequisite for not only sharing our own individual ideas, values and beliefs but also learning about the ideas, values and beliefs of others.

Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants rely on complex and expensive tracking systems to follow the sun and maximise conversion efficiency. Lots of little spherical ‘solar bowls’ that reflect the sun’s light perfectly without ever moving could do wonders for CSP cost and efficiency.

Bilingualism is known to have a strong impact on language development. Yet, there is still much to uncover. One such aspect relates to how bilinguals sharing one language will end up building their own grammar or dealing differently with so-called ‘grammatical illusions’.