Did technology drive the evolution of language? Or was it music?
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
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.
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.
Also this week: Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day! And the K-pop band is making Korean Sign Language famous
How archival manuscripts are helping revitalize the Chitimacha language of Louisiana