Language is creative! Language is anarchic.
And language refuses to be tamed. But its indomitability may be the key to its power.
A new book by Lane Greene will give language sticklers something to think about. Lane joins us on this …
Author: Daniel Midgley (page 6 of 41)
Language is full of strange coincidences.
When two words sound alike, does that mean they have a secret past? Or could it be just a chance meeting? The answer could change language history.
We’re stepping into the linguistic time machine on this …
There are some things so nice we say them twice. And when we do, we’re using reduplication.
But this handy device can handle a surprising range of functions in the world’s languages, and it can pop up in the …
We are once again diving into our voluminous mailbag.
Was the QWERTY layout designed to slow you down? Is English a creole language? Why does a word keep popping up over and over after you first hear it? And what is …
What’s behind swearing?
If you’re looking at the brain, an awful lot. But how do we use swearing to navigate social relationships? And do all language have swears?
We’re talking to cognitive scientist Benjamin Bergen on this episode of Talk the Talk.…
Do you know where your data is?
Language researchers can learn a lot from publicly available internet data. But what are the ethical issues surrounding the collection and use of this information? What about data that comes from home assistants? Does it …
Kory Stamper and Steve Kleinedler are lexicographers who ran the terrific dictionary podcast Fiat Lex.
Daniel and Kylie had the chance to talk to them about how they got into the biz, the relationship between lexicography and linguistics, and …
Other languages have good ideas too, you know.
Have you noticed something cool about another language, and wished English did that? Is there any feature of another language that you wish English had?
Daniel and Hedvig are engaging in a …
The International Day of Signed Languages is upon us.
If we could look at all the signed languages in the world, what would they have in common? What misconceptions do hearing people have? And what is International Sign?
It’s all on this …
People are biased. And computers learn from people.
That means our data is biased, and in a big data world, that can cause big problems.
But researchers are finding ways to turn down the bias in a dataset. We’re talking …
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