Language

How do you think about, and express, civility through language?

When do you regard language to be rude, and for what reasons?

While linguistics is a scientific study, the use of language in everyday life may or may not be scientific.

Language not only involves thinking, feeling and communicating but creating new meanings and reinterpreting older ones.

What do you know about the distribution of language families on Earth in the past and present?

How do you compare Australian Aboriginal languages with ancient Celtic languages?

What is your acquaintance with ethnolinguistics?

Civility is usually expressed through language, as is rudeness, especially in the English language.

How do you think about language use in relation to trustworthiness?

How do you assess the tone of a voice in relation to trustworthiness?

If you understand at least a little of more than one language, you may switch between languages when communicating in a particular situation.

You may also have experienced language assimilation.

If you are a member of two or more speech communities, do you change the way you speak when moving from one of those communities to another?

You are currently experiencing computer-mediated communication. 

Perhaps you regard Civility Today as a form of one-way communication rather than a reciprocal experience.