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Explore communication, cultural identity, and connection woven through words.

Language is a vehicle for ideas, an aspect of cultural identity and can present itself in many different forms. We speak, we write, we sign, we sing — no matter how you like to communicate, the resulting social connection that forms is universal.

In this year’s culture supplement, Ubyssey writers consider the role that language plays in their life. How do people who feel excluded from academic language find solace in art? What can we learn about our brains from observing speech? Why do certain language courses not exist at UBC? With reported pieces, personal essays and poetry, there’s a piece to answer every question.

So, what do you say? Want to learn more? Check out In Other Words, the 2023 language supplement, online or on stands around campus.

 Elena Massing
Culture Editor

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