Current Linguistics

Current Linguistics

New study links receptivity to corporate bullshit to weaker leadership skills

Also this week: New Mexico is losing a form of Spanish spoken nowhere else + Study finds that isolated human groups speak more diverse languages

Current Linguistics

New evidence that language evolved before humans did

Also this week: Universals of swearing across languages + Does learning Latin improve your SAT scores? + What killed penmanship

Current Linguistics

We’re losing 338 spoken words every year, linguists find

Also this week: Sperm whale communication closesly mirrors human language + Why toddlers don’t understand the words “I” and “you”

Current Linguistics

Linguists work to create UK’s first swear map

Also this week: Bumble bees show a surprising knack for rhythm + Sperm whale songs are surprisingly like human language

Current Linguistics

Has forensic linguistics solved the mystery of Bitcoin’s creator?

Also this week: How slang works, and how Black culture is shaping Gen Z’s slang

Current Linguistics

Deciphering the Singapore Stone

Also this week: The linguistics of Project Hail Mary + The beautiful linguistic chaos of Iran + Your dog might be eavesdropping on you (linguistically)

Current Linguistics

Did Homo erectus have language?

Also this week: Did writing just get pushed back tens of thousands of years? + How slang works + We finally understand why horses whinny

Current Linguistics

Baby chicks know their kiki from their bouba

Also this week: Why human language isn’t like computer code + Why English needs “y’all” + Why do so many women’s names end in A?

Current Linguistics

How your brain separates sounds into words

Also this week: How toddlers in Finland are saving an endangered Sámi language + Language learning can help lower dementia risk by 40%

Current Linguistics

Bilingualism affects your moral decision-making

Also this week: Did Kanzi the bonobo have imagination? + A better English alphabet

Current Linguistics

Swearing could give you a physical edge

Also this week: How the theory of the humors shaped English + New research uncovers the cerebellum’s crucial role in human language

Current Linguistics

Language may not be so hierarchical after all: A new study challenges 70 years of linguistic theory

Also this week: Some dogs learn words like children + “How to kill a language”, a new book by Sophia Smith Galer