Linguistic Discovery
  • Newsletter
  • Weekly Digest
  • Resources
  • Media
  • About
  • Contact
Sign in Subscribe
Discovery Dispatch

The sad passing of Kanzi, penguin etymology, and what “fixin’ to” / “finna” mean

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

Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D.

Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D.

05 Apr 2025 — 13 min read
The sad passing of Kanzi, penguin etymology, and what “fixin’ to” / “finna” mean

This post is for subscribers only

Subscribe now

Already have an account? Sign in

Read more

Linguists unlock the grammar of music in language, and runes show that Elfdalian is its own language

Linguists unlock the grammar of music in language, and runes show that Elfdalian is its own language

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

lock-1 08 May 2025
Critics hate the new French dictionary, and linguists discover the universal language of pain

Critics hate the new French dictionary, and linguists discover the universal language of pain

We’re also making progress on talking to aliens, and a new book on Proto-Indo-European is on its way. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

lock-1 01 May 2025
The writing on a recently-discovered tablet has linguists baffled, and GPT passes the Turing Test

The writing on a recently-discovered tablet has linguists baffled, and GPT passes the Turing Test

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

lock-1 24 Apr 2025
When did humans develop language? + How whistle languages work

When did humans develop language? + How whistle languages work

When language evolved, how whistled languages work, and what alien languages might be like. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

lock-1 17 Apr 2025
Linguistic Discovery
  • Sign up
Powered by Ghost

Subscribe to the blog

Enter your email below to subscribe.