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- Is the internet changing the way we speak?
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/ - Book List: Animal Communication & Cognition
A curated list of books about animal communication and cognition. - Reading: The singing Neanderthals
I got a new book! “The singing Neanderthals: The origins, of music, language, mind, and body” by Steven Mithen (2005). Read along with me! - Can animals talk to their owners with buttons?
Many animals on TikTok are using audio buttons to communicate with their owners! But is this language? - Interview: Why would you tell me that?!
I was recently interviewed for the brand new podcast, “Why would you tell me that?!”. Check out the podcast trailer before the episode drops! - Interview: Profoundly Pointless
I was recently interviewed on the Profoundly Pointless Podcast! Stay tuned for the episode details! - Numbers are hard
If Old English shows vestiges of a base-12 counting system, then when did “hundred” mean 120 instead of 144? - About Linguistic Discovery
What is Linguistic Discovery all about? What makes it different from other linguistics channels on the internet? - The origin of counting systems
Not all languages count by 10s. Some count by 5s, or 6s, or 8s, or 12s, or 20s, or even by 60s! But how do these counting systems emerge? - Grammaticalization in Somali and the development of morphological tone (Kaldhol & Stausland Johnsen)
How do tones come to be used to mark grammatical features in a language? Here’s how it happened in Somali.
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