You won’t believe what it takes to make a good linguistic article!
Listicles, or list articles, can be interesting, amusing, and even informative. What goes into the creation of a good linguistic listicle? How can they change someone’s mind about …
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How can you make a difference to language?
Linguists are doing a lot of great work, but what if you’re not a linguist? Is there anything that you can do to make the world a better place for language and …
Why don’t monkeys talk to us?
New research tells us that if our primate cousins don’t do language, it’s not because of their vocal tracts. Those appear to be speech-ready. So if the voice is good to go, what’s the …
The Noongar language is getting a boost through song.
A unique Fringe event will see singers — Aboriginal and not — blending their voices in songs featuring the Noongar language, as well as other languages of Australia.
Daniel and Kylie…
Was 2016 a dumpster fire 🗑🔥? Or was it just fire 🔥?
It’s time to look back at the words that defined our time, enlivened our speech, and zeited our geist in the previous year.
Daniel, Ben, and …
Oxford Dictionaries has named its Word of the Year, and it’s post-truth.
Are we in a post-truth world? If you’re in the reality-based community, are you obsolete? Or do facts still matter?
We’ll also reveal what word is the …
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Why do we talk the way we do? Where do our words and phrases come from? And why are they sometimes so very strange?
Linguist Daniel Midgley has something for everyone on this episode of Talk …
Are dying languages worth saving?
That’s the concept of a new game that allows players to explore language creation, language community, and language death, all in the course of an evening. Heavy concepts. How does it work?
Linguist Daniel Midgley…
Looks like Shakespeare’s got some company.
A new edition of Shakespeare’s works credits another author — Christopher Marlowe — with some of the Bard’s work. But how can you tell? Is this just another Shakespearean conspiracy theory? And what does …
What’s in a name?
Names contain a great deal of history, including our own personal history. Does your name have a meaning? How do names come about, and what are the conventions of naming in other places? And what about …
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