Curious about linguistics but not sure where you can learn more? The Linguistics Starter Pack is for you! This is a curated list of my top recommendations for getting started in linguistics. Most of the items on this list are popular science books, aimed at a general audience, and written in a non-technical way. I’veContinue reading “Book List: The Linguistics Starter Pack”
Author Archives: Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D.
Language and thought: Talking about directions
I love the movie Arrival but it perpetuates one of the biggest myths in linguistics: that language influences how we think about time.
Book List: Animal Communication & Cognition
A curated list of books about animal communication and cognition.
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?
Numbers are hard
If Old English shows vestiges of a base-12 counting system, then when did “hundred” mean 120 instead of 144?
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.
Review: Speaking American: How y’all, youse, and you guys talk (Josh Katz, 2020)
Review of the book “Speaking American: How y’all, youse, and you guys talk” (Josh Katz, 2020).