Topic: Linguistics

Avatar: The Way Of Water

He created a whole language for "Avatar"

Matthew Rozsa
Two Macaws

Do accents disappear?

Chris C. Palmer, Michelle Devereaux
A sign made by the group Democracy NC reads It's time to vote yall

"Y'all" has finally become mainstream

David B. Parker
Sad woman sitting in the crowd

What causes slips of the tongue?

Cecile McKee - The Conversation
Internet Server

AI robots use patterns, not grammar

Morten H. Christiansen, Pablo Contreras Kallens
Speech Bubbles

Don't tell me my accent doesn't exist

D. Watkins
Female shop keeper wearing an apron

What the heck is a "napron"?

Michael La Corte
Heavy metal fan dressed as Darth Vader crowd surfs at Bloodstock Festival 2021

Name forefathers: "dada" to Darth Vader

Valerie M. Fridland - The Conversation
Three chimpanzees sitting in a group appear to have a meeting

Wait, chimpanzees can talk?

Matthew Rozsa
Clams in Malaysia

11 misheard phrases that make sense

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Wordle seen on a smartphone

The best Wordle first-word guesses

Derek Horstmeyer - The Conversation
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

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