Topic: Linguistics

Trump's language shift, explained

Roger J. Kreuz, Leah Cathryn Windsor - The Conversation

Can Bunny the talking dog really talk?

Nicole Karlis

Karen: From baby name to insult

Robin Queen - The Conversation

The irony of how we use the word "irony"

Roger Kreuz

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

Reed Blaylock - The Conversation

3 internet language trends from 2019

Zachary Jaggers, Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk - The Conversation

Your political views and pronunciation

Zachary Jaggers - The Conversation

Skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age

Roger J. Kreuz - The Conversation

The language gives it away

Fatemeh Torabi Asr - The Conversation

Internet linguistics is a thing now

Ashlie D. Stevens

Did cheese lead to chatter?

Kirsty Vitarelli - WhoWhatWhy

When did humans first learn to count?

Peter Schumer - The Conversation

Keeping Native American languages alive

Tom Roston

Linguistics hold clues about migration

Nicole Creanza, André Ché Sherriah - The Conversation

Reading between the periods

Lauren Collister - The Conversation

Ivanka has a serious vocabulary problem

Jarrett Lyons

Grammar snobbery won't get you dates

Marty Kaplan - Alternet

speak languages

Michael Gavin - The Conversation

Fighting stereotypes

Kirk Hazen - The Conversation

A new (meaning of) "hope"

Thomas Holtgraves - The Conversation

Trump's "factoid" presidency

David Masciotra

How the Democrats helped Trump

Paul Rosenberg

Words act like wild animals

Scott Timberg

Donald Trump's "insult haiku"

Paula Young Lee

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