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Linguistics
In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.
It may be an advantage in some contexts.
"Language is the most distinctively human talent."
A Cambridge Ph.D. student has solved a grammatical problem that has befuddled Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC.
Use words with plosives and affricates if you really want to make sure everyone knows you mean business.
How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
The apes taught sign language didn't understand what they were doing. They were merely "aping" their caretakers.
“It’s not a secret that legal language is very hard to understand. It's borderline incomprehensible a lot of the time.”
8mins
IQ tests only measure two of the eight intelligences. Howard Gardner explains them all.
John Templeton Foundation
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
One player’s pawn is another’s farmer. And at one time, the queen was a rather powerless virgin.