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Current Linguistics

Analysis of a century’s worth of political speeches challenges our understanding of how language changes

Also this week: Bilingualism is reworking this language’s rainbow + How speaking in a second language directly affects your moral judgement

Current Linguistics

How a deaf quarterback invented the huddle + Linguists explain the life of slang

Also this week: The world’s oldest written languages, and a cool new book on etymology. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

Birdsong exhibits a hidden feature of human language

Also this week: Bilingualism is possible for people with a rare genetic condition that normally limits speech + Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up! 🏴‍☠️ Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

New DNA data reveals the origins of the Slavic peoples

Also this week: How our DNA holds the history of our language + The Cambridge dictionary adds 6,000 new words—and not everybody’s happy about it. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

Learning a second language can teach you to distinguish colors you don’t have in your first language

Also this week: Gesture may have been the origin of language + A new mind-reading AI can turn imagined speech into words. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

An experiment with the Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha suggests language influences perception

Also this week: Why all languages have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’ + Antarctic leopard seal ‘songs’ are surprisingly similar to nursey rhymes. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

Researchers uncover the origins of the Uralic language family

Also this week: Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day! And the K-pop band is making Korean Sign Language famous

Current Linguistics

A mysterious pre-Islamic script from Oman has been deciphered, while AI helps historians complete damaged Latin texts

Also this week: Does your native language affect how you feel pain? And did language evolve because of tools or baby talk? Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

Who are better programmers—language nerds or math geeks? Can we identify extroverts by the language they use? Did the Huns speak a Yeniseian language?

Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

Multilinguals may be more likely to take a vaccine if they read about it in English: Words shape how we process feelings and make decisions

Plus, can AI decode dead languages? And how do linguists reconstruct dead languages without AI? Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Current Linguistics

Did technology drive the evolution of language? Or was it music?

Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

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Analysis of a century’s worth of political speeches challenges our understanding of how language changes

How a deaf quarterback invented the huddle + Linguists explain the life of slang

Birdsong exhibits a hidden feature of human language

New DNA data reveals the origins of the Slavic peoples

Learning a second language can teach you to distinguish colors you don’t have in your first language

An experiment with the Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha suggests language influences perception

Researchers uncover the origins of the Uralic language family

A mysterious pre-Islamic script from Oman has been deciphered, while AI helps historians complete damaged Latin texts

The last native speaker of Caddo dies at age 95

Who are better programmers—language nerds or math geeks? Can we identify extroverts by the language they use? Did the Huns speak a Yeniseian language?

Multilinguals may be more likely to take a vaccine if they read about it in English: Words shape how we process feelings and make decisions

Did technology drive the evolution of language? Or was it music?