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Recent Recommendations 📚

Employing linguistics: Thinking and talking about careers for linguists (Trester 2022)

Through the language glass: Why the world looks different in other languages (Deutscher 2011)

When languages die: The extinction of the world’s languages and the erosion of human knowledge (Harrison 2007)

The dawn of language: Axes, lies, midwifery, and how we came to talk (Johansson 2021)

The singing Neanderthals: The origins of music, language, mind, and body (Mithen 2005)

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• 🐶 Animal Communication & Cognition
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Latest Posts 📖

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  Interview: The How of BusinessJune 27, 2022
  What can linguistics tell us about language in the workplace? In this episode of The How of Business podcast, I talk with Henry Lopez about conversation styles, accents and dialects and how they’re perceived in the workplace and how they affect hiring practices, and much more! Listen to the episode here!
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  Language and thought: Talking about directionsMay 28, 2022
  I love the movie Arrival but it perpetuates one of the biggest myths in linguistics: that language influences how we think about time.
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  Is the internet changing the way we speak?May 21, 2022
  Is the internet changing the way we speak? The answer is surprisingly complicated! Check out the great interview I did with Dillon Thompson from In the Know about how the internet and TikTok are affecting language! https://www.intheknow.com/post/slang-words-tiktok-gen-z-linguist/
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  Book List: Animal Communication & CognitionApril 25, 2022
  A curated list of books about animal communication and cognition.
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  Reading: The singing NeanderthalsApril 22, 2022
  I got a new book! “The singing Neanderthals: The origins, of music, language, mind, and body” by Steven Mithen (2005). Read along with me!
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  Can animals talk to their owners with buttons?April 21, 2022
  Many animals on TikTok are using audio buttons to communicate with their owners! But is this language?
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  Interview: Why would you tell me that?!April 19, 2022
  I was recently interviewed for the brand new podcast, “Why would you tell me that?!”. Check out the podcast trailer before the episode drops!
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  Interview: Profoundly PointlessApril 16, 2022
  I was recently interviewed on the Profoundly Pointless Podcast! Stay tuned for the episode details!
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  Numbers are hardDecember 9, 2021
  If Old English shows vestiges of a base-12 counting system, then when did “hundred” mean 120 instead of 144?
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  About Linguistic DiscoveryDecember 8, 2021
  What is Linguistic Discovery all about? What makes it different from other linguistics channels on the internet?