How did language start?
It’s a difficult question, since language doesn’t leave fossils. But by getting experimental volunteers to act out concepts, Dr Nicolas Fay is building evidence for one of the major views on language origins. What can we …
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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 …
Are you a grammar grouch? Do you have language peeves? And if so, how can you recover?
Linguist Daniel Midgley talks the talk with Lane Greene, language blogger, journalist, and author of the new book You Are What You …
Linguists and researchers are working on AusTalk — a database of Australian English.
With a thousand speakers, it will be the largest repository of English outside the UK. But what’s it for? What are we expecting to find? And how …
Are you a word maven? Have you ever used an aglet? Do you know where to find an octothorpe?
These and other words are lurking in your dictionary, and they’ve been brought to light in a new …
Volunteering is a good way to make a difference in your community, and it’s even better when it involves language.
But not everyone knows just how to combine the two successfully.
This week on Talk the Talk, we have …
Would you mistake a computer for a human?
That’s the basis of the Turing Test, a version of which plays out every year in the form of the Loebner Prize. Programmers bring their best work, and there’s a control group …
Human evolution resulted in the formation of what could be called the “super-brain”, as humans gained the ability to share complex thoughts.
What can archaeology tell us about the human mind and the evolution of language?
This week’s Talk the …
It’s one of the most commonly recognised English words in the world.
You probably use it scores of times a day. But how much do you know about okay?
Its origins are obscure, but here to talk us through …
What’s the difference between animal communication and human language?
How did humans develop the capacity for language?
Linguist Daniel Midgley talks the talk with W. Tecumseh Fitch, professor of cognitive biology at the University of Vienna, and author of …
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