Rosetta Stone - How Language Is Learned

Did you know not everyone has the same Valentine’s Day traditions? Some countries even celebrate love on a completely different date than 14 February. Although Valentine’s Day is highly commercialized in some places, for many people it’s still a day...

Every March, Valencia turns into a city of fire, noise, and oversized art for Las Fallas, the explosive festival that welcomes spring. For a few days, streets fill with nonstop firecrackers and towering papier-mâché figures, bonfires light up the night...

Valentine’s Day is a well-known day of love often celebrated by exchanging cards, chocolates, and red roses with loved ones. But do you know the origins of Valentine’s Day, who it commemorated, and how our Valentine’s Day traditions came to be?
Few holidays have evolutions as complex as Valentine’s Day. What we know as a greeting card holiday has quite the storied past: first as a Roman holiday with cruel practices, then as a Catholic feast day with purer intentions, and finally, today’s amalgam...

Every language is a complex and evolving system of words and word patterns. These words and the way they’re used within a language can depict a culture’s worldview, values, and experiences—and this historical journey is revealed in each word’s individual...