Bonobos challenge the uniqueness of human language, penguins learn etymology, and China adopts a new gender-neutral pronoun. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
When language evolved, how whistled languages work, and what alien languages might be like. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Where does the word “penguin” come from? French, Welsh, or Latin?
Kanzi the bonobo, who learned language, made stone tools, and played Minecraft, dies at age 44. What can his remarkable linguistic abilities teach us about language?