
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.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
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.
A new study shows that Inuit languages really do have more words for snow, but what does that tell us about language?
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Also, here’s what Patroclus and Cleopatra have in common
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Why doesn’t English just have a plural “you” like other languages?
There are over thirty English words that derive from the Proto-Indo-European word for ‘one’. This is the story of how they came to be, and what that story teaches us about how language works.
Current Linguistics
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Current Linguistics
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Current Linguistics
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.
Current Linguistics
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Current 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.
Current Linguistics
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.
Current Linguistics
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
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Where does the word “penguin” come from? French, Welsh, or Latin?
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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?
Current Linguistics
How hypothetical are protolanguages? How did the Indo-Europeans spread? What does conversation look like in the brain? Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Current Linguistics
This week I discuss the growth of science communication in linguistics, plus how simple gestures can counteract subtle linguistic biases.
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Where do the words “avocado” and “guacamole” come from?