The language of love
With Valentine’s Day approaching, you might want to know how to say “I love you” in another language. According to Google Data, more than 29 million searches are made every month for that very phrase.
The most popular searches are for the phrase in Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, German, Korean and Arabic. Instead of using Google Translate, online tool Omniglot is worth a look, it has a pretty comprehensive directory of “I love you” in these languages and many more you may never have heard of.
In other love and language news, scientists at the University of Texas have just published a new study on “function words.” These are described as everyday words which we use all the time, such as the, a, and and. The report investigates the way people speak, rather than what they say, and examines whether the speaking and writing styles couples adopt during conversation with each other can affect long-term strength of relationships. They conducted two experiments in which a computer program compared partners’ language styles.
You can “test” how compatible you are with your partner (according to whether you have matching language styles) by using study co-author James Pennebaker’s interactive application.
Source: Psychological Science
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