Topic: Linguistics

Man talking to his dog

Your dog has potential to be bilingual

Nicole Karlis
DNA in a speech bubble

Have we hit peak DNA?

Olga Mecking
A QAnon supporter holds a sign during a protest at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on May 2, 2020.

The rhetoric of cults is all around us

Nicole Karlis
Image for There’s a neurological reason you say

The neurological reason you say "um"

Adriel John Orena - Massive Science
Donald Trump

Trump's language shift, explained

Roger J. Kreuz, Leah Cathryn Windsor - The Conversation
Bunny the talking dog

Can Bunny the talking dog really talk?

Nicole Karlis
Mother; Baby

Karen: From baby name to insult

Robin Queen - The Conversation
Rain on a wedding day

The irony of how we use the word "irony"

Roger Kreuz
They; Miriam Webster; Word of the Year

"They" was voted as "Word of the Decade"

Reed Blaylock - The Conversation
Man Smartphone

3 internet language trends from 2019

Zachary Jaggers, Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk - The Conversation
African American man showing thumb up to friends in cafe

Your political views and pronunciation

Zachary Jaggers - The Conversation
Close up woman hand writing on notebook

Skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age

Roger J. Kreuz - The Conversation
Man is holding smartphone and reading fake news on internet. Propaganda, disinformation and hoax concept.

The language gives it away

Fatemeh Torabi Asr - The Conversation
Two hand mobile phones sending message each other

Internet linguistics is a thing now

Ashlie D. Stevens
Cheese Championships Things to Know

Did cheese lead to chatter?

Kirsty Vitarelli - WhoWhatWhy
Image for When did humans first learn to count?

When did humans first learn to count?

Peter Schumer - The Conversation
"Marie's Dictionary"

Keeping Native American languages alive

Tom Roston
Friends having coffee in cafe

Linguistics hold clues about migration

Nicole Creanza, André Ché Sherriah - The Conversation
Image for Why does using a period in a text message make you sound insincere or angry?

Reading between the periods

Lauren Collister - The Conversation
Ivanka Trump

Ivanka has a serious vocabulary problem

Jarrett Lyons
Image for Want to fail at online dating? Be a grammar snob

Grammar snobbery won't get you dates

Marty Kaplan - Alternet
Image for Why do human beings speak so many languages?

speak languages

Michael Gavin - The Conversation
Appalachian Hepatitis Outbreak

Fighting stereotypes

Kirk Hazen - The Conversation
James Comey

A new (meaning of) "hope"

Thomas Holtgraves - The Conversation

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