Languages are disappearing.
In the next hundred years, half the world’s languages may be gone. But is this really a problem? What do we lose when we lose a language? And can the process be halted?
We catch up with …
Author: Daniel Midgley (page 35 of 41)
Big Tobacco is challenging government legislation that would put plain packaging on cigarette packets.
They claim that removing a logo is similar to expropriating their property. Is a logo property? Why are cigarette makers fighting this so hard? What does …
New evidence shows that humans used fire one million years ago — a lot earlier than we thought.
This tells us about our early ancestors, but it also tells us about language and how it started. What does fire have …
What would life be like without numbers?
The Pirahã people of the Amazon don’t have them in their language, and have difficulty learning them. What does this tell us about the human mind?
Linguist Caleb Everett spent some time among …
Do you use question intonation, even when you’re not asking a question?
You may be an uptalker. Are you communicating something when you use it, or are you just driving people crazy?
Linguist Daniel Midgley takes it up a notch …
There are some words we’ve been hearing around the place.
What exactly is a shemozzle, and why is Peter Costello talking about it? How do you pronounce carillon, and why is Perth’s “Carillon City” spelt with only one …
Language technology tends to focus on people who speak. But what about for people who sign?
A Scottish team has announced a new app to convert signs into text, but that’s just one part of the picture.
Linguist Daniel Midgley…
Japanese researchers have developed a “speech-jamming gun”.
It works without maiming or killing you, but it does mess with your mind. Will it be a boon to movie-goers, or a free-speech killer? And how does it work?
Linguist Daniel Midgley…
France, never shy about controversy, has banned the use of Miss, or Mademoiselle, on government forms.
But why? And while we’re at it, what’s the deal with Ms?
Linguist Daniel Midgley discusses terms of address on this …
We’ve heard all kinds of wild claims about animals and language.
So what are we to make of a new finding that young goats start to bleat like their peers? Is it crazy? Or could it reveal something about human …
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