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19 votes
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How to revive a dead language: Although it was the language of sacred texts and ritual, modern Hebrew wasn’t spoken in conversation till the late nineteenth century
10 votes -
How many languages are there?
5 votes -
The quest to revive the Hawaiian language
7 votes -
What is the meaning of "Cheeki Breeki"?
3 votes -
Conlang Critic: Toki Pona
9 votes -
Conlang Critic: Lingwa de Planeta
4 votes -
Academics are really, really worried about their freedom
27 votes -
Which is "Bouba", and which is "Kiki"?
14 votes -
The subtle linguistics of polite white supremacy
11 votes -
Samfundssind – A word buried in the history books helped Danes mobilise during the pandemic, flattening the curve and lifting community spirit
9 votes -
How should I refer to you? | Review of “What's Your Pronoun?”, by Dennis Baron
8 votes -
How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone
9 votes -
Ə: The most common vowel sound in English
14 votes -
Who invented the wheel? And how did they do it?
13 votes -
Abso-bloody-lutely: Expletive infixation
9 votes -
How Bernie Sanders answers a question
23 votes -
A history of Simlish, the language that defined The Sims
11 votes -
United Nations guidelines for gender-inclusive language in English
16 votes -
When artificial intelligence lost in translation is
9 votes -
A showdown is looming between Spain’s conservative language academy and its newly elected socialist government over proposals to rewrite the nation’s constitution using gender-neutral language
16 votes -
Sámi are the only officially recognised indigenous people in the EU and some of their languages are on the brink of extinction
12 votes -
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
6 votes -
Why do we move our hands when we talk?
7 votes -
Why I'm possessive about apostrophes
13 votes -
Spirit scripts: Japan’s mysterious outcast alphabets
6 votes -
A dialect dissection of Britney Spears
8 votes -
Altaic: Rise and fall of a linguistic hypothesis
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English is not normal: No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language.
12 votes -
The language sounds that could exist, but don't
18 votes -
Wolof: A language of West Africa
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People often complain that English is deteriorating under the influence of new technology, adolescent fads and loose grammar. Why does this nonsensical belief persist?
11 votes -
Community size matters when people create a new language
9 votes -
Study uncovers unusual method of communicating human concept of time
10 votes -
The birth of the semicolon
16 votes -
Why are there so many different types of “R”?
9 votes -
Study finds positive bias in human languages
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Whistling while they work: Cooperative laguna dolphins have a unique accent
6 votes -
Anyone here into conlanging?
I've been creating new languages for a few years now. I like to do it in my spare time, which becomes smaller and smaller each year, mostly from proto-languages that already exist. I'm currently...
I've been creating new languages for a few years now. I like to do it in my spare time, which becomes smaller and smaller each year, mostly from proto-languages that already exist. I'm currently working on a Slavic language in Belarus and Ukraine for fun. Anyone else into this stuff or wanna know more about conlanging in general?
25 votes -
Why do people say "Jesus H. Christ," and where did the "H" come from?
38 votes -
A linguist’s case against "socialism": History has made the term vague and unproductive. Should it be retired?
7 votes -
How language governs our perceptions of gender
3 votes -
Language wars: The nineteen greatest linguistic spats of all time
10 votes -
A state-of-the-art defense against neural fake news
6 votes -
Origin of Sino-Tibetan language family revealed by new research
8 votes -
Why is English spelling so damn weird?
8 votes -
Guam starts new effort to save dying CHamoru language
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Designing the linguistic and translation mechanics in Heaven's Vault, a game about science fiction archaeology
8 votes -
Trying to switch from Literature to Linguistics: similar experience and/or advices?
Hi! I've recently graduated as a BA of Italian philology. But I am interested in pursuing my further studies and academical career in linguistics, studying language contact and linguistic strata...
Hi! I've recently graduated as a BA of Italian philology. But I am interested in pursuing my further studies and academical career in linguistics, studying language contact and linguistic strata in particular. I was wondering if anybody took a similar path and am interested in advice from such folks and also any other humanists here. I'm studying some online material and will try to partecipate in some local university's linguistics BA as a visiting student (I guess it's called a freemover in English) if I can find an affordable option. Also I have found out recommended reading material from local universities I'm interested in and some papers about my field. Do you know of any useful resources for making the transition smoother? What has been you experience if you've taken a similar path to your studies? Thanks in advance!
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Hearing hate speech primes your brain for hateful actions
11 votes