| 单词 | linguistics |
| 例句 | Sasha was the brilliant one, the one who blazed through calculus, linguistics, physics, and computer programming with a kind of effortlessness. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For the most part, archaeologists had lacked the expertise to address the anti-Clovis evidence from genetics and linguistics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Brilliant and abrasive, Jenkin had diverse interests in linguistics, electronics, mechanics, arithmetic, physics, chemistry, and economics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At the University of Washington and later at Seattle University, he immersed himself in anthropology, history, philosophy, and linguistics, accumulating hundreds of credit hours without collecting a degree. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, it’s only a legend; the recursive title was dreamed up by the linguist Robin Lakoff for a satire of a linguistics journal. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Perhaps as a result, the most persuasive scientific critiques on Clovis initially came from fields that overlapped archaeology, but were mainly outside of it: linguistics, molecular biology, and geology. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By a method termed glotto-chronology, based on calculations of how rapidly words tend to change over historical time, comparative linguistics can even yield estimated dates for domestications or crop arrivals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the 1960s an opposing school emerged, inspired by academic linguistics and theories of progressive education. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The word “topic” in linguistics actually has two meanings.5 In this chapter we have been looking at the topic of a discourse or text, namely the subject matter of a series of connected sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I have saved the most remarkable contribution of linguistics for last. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Before we turn to the evidence from archaeology, let us consider the evidence of Japanese origins from biology, linguistics, early portraits, and recorded history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s my literature and linguistics teacher, and he’s currently trying to teach me how to conjugate basic Kushoto verbs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Readers accustomed to thinking of linguistics as dull and technical may be surprised to learn what fascinating contributions Figure 19.2 makes to our understanding of African history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The origins of their language are among the most disputed questions of linguistics: for not a single other one of the world’s major languages are the affinities to other languages still in doubt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Human Sounds, Painful or Haunting Within the contemporary-music scene of New York, the vocal ensemble Ekmeles inhabits its own neighborhood on the border between music and linguistics. Music Review: The Ensemble Ekmeles at Roulette in Brooklyn 2013-01-25T22:12:21Z And some of Yejin Choi’s work involves using computational linguistics to help detect everything from fake consumer reviews to fake news. MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Grant Winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z He has a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. Books of The Times: Wooing With Words in the Age of the Incredible Shrinking Message 2011-07-26T21:30:40Z As more of our communication is written, the linguistic fingerprints we leave provide enticing clues for investigators, contributing to the small but influential field of forensic linguistics and its controversial subspecialty, author identification. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z After school she went to study in Jerusalem, a university course that combined French linguistics and literature. Esther Perel: 'Fix the sex and your relationship will transform' 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z After a research fellowship at the Department of Justice, she founded the first nonprofit devoted to research in forensic linguistics in 1998. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Uju Anya, an associate professor of applied linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University, has seen the same Black hair challenges play out since the 1990s, she said. Black women are worried another hair-care brand could abandon them 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Team captain Richard Gilbert, a linguistics student, said the success was down to "the perfect broad range of knowledge across the team". University Challenge title retained 2013-04-30T05:33:11Z They had a pervasive influence on American cultural trends in areas ranging from egalitarianism and women’s rights to philosophy, religion, literature, linguistics, and science. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z Studied: "I took darkroom courses, but studied linguistics at university." Photographer Rena Effendi's best shot 2010-07-28T21:29:00Z “The Banks of the Vistula” concerns an overeager freshman at a Minnesota college who plagiarizes her first paper for a linguistics class. Books of The Times: ‘Bobcat and Other Stories’ by Rebecca Lee 2013-06-26T21:01:10Z Andrea Martínez Celis, a lecturer at Madrid’s King Juan Carlos University and a Phd researcher in English linguistics, agreed that the pressure on highly trained but poorly paid translators was immense. 'Sicansíos!’: Geordie accent stumps Spanish Game of Thrones voice actors 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Wolfe seems especially incensed that as a scholar, Mr. Chomsky privileged mental work over fieldwork, making linguistics an indoor rather than an outdoor pursuit. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z It’s a brisk and friendly introduction to linguistics, and a synthesis of the field’s recent discoveries. ‘Don’t Believe a Word,’ a Look at Language and Power (and Why Dolphins Have Accents) 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z “It’s reflective of the size of the dog, relative to the people. I mean, even big dogs are smaller than people,” says Deborah Tannen, a linguistics professor at Georgetown University. The voices we make when we pretend our dogs can talk I was also chair of a linguistics organisation for African universities, and I'd returned from a conference in Zimbabwe the week before. Free at last... and they all owe?their lives to Amnesty 2011-04-02T23:11:34Z Rusty Barrett, a professor of linguistics at the University of Kentucky who has researched language in gay subcultures, sees a link between the images disseminated by YassifyBot and the culture of drag. What Does It Mean to ‘Yassify’ Anything? 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Christopher Johnson’s lively first book, “Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little,” is a work of pop linguistics that doesn’t have much that’s blindingly new to say. Books of The Times: Wooing With Words in the Age of the Incredible Shrinking Message 2011-07-26T21:30:40Z The reasons are rooted not just in geopolitics and the lifting of Soviet-era travel restrictions, but in linguistics as well. Olympics Spotlight for Russia’s Musical Profile 2014-02-05T22:54:52Z But Noam Chomsky is the man who revolutionised linguistics. Noam Chomsky 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The fields of linguistics and psychology are intimately tied to evolution, as is the field of neuroscience. Why creationists can’t be scientists 2014-02-20T20:16:00Z And though at first "d" and "p" and "b" might not seem to be all that similar sounding, they are all part of a class of what are called "stop consonants" in linguistics. From "dada" to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Lawrence Durrell praised the linguistics department in Edinburgh University for creating "a computer that can already write sonnets and will be writing novels by Christmas". How the Edinburgh writers' conference changed the world of literature 2012-08-11T15:58:34Z The find failed to make Voynich rich, but the manuscript has continued to make headlines for over a hundred years, challenging researchers in many fields, including linguistics, botany, and machine learning. The strange quest to crack the Voynich code 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Mundolingua is a Paris museum that focuses on linguistics, while the American Writers Museum in Chicago celebrates books and reading by examining the influence of writers on American culture. The latest word on Planet Word: Downtown D.C.’s language museum is set to open in May 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z In linguistics terms, it’s a sign whose signifier is malleable — the image’s meaning, thus, is created by those who share it. The rise and fall of Ken Bone: This is what happens when real humans become Internet memes 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Differences in language evolve from separation, said Sonja Lanehart, a professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and a member of the dictionary advisory board. Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z She married Mr. Bloch, a professor of Near Eastern studies and Semitic linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, while there pursuing a doctorate in English, which was granted in 1975. Chana Bloch, Poet and Hebrew Translator, Is Dead at 77 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z A book about voice and speech must inevitably pay a visit to the academic citadel of linguistics. Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Kate Jackson lives in Vienna, Austria, where she works in the German linguistics department at the University of Vienna. His Family Had Money. Mine Didn’t. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Male communications are about status, and female communications are about connection, says Deborah Tannen, a linguistics professor at Georgetown and a best-selling author who specializes in communication rituals. ‘LOVE the eyebrows!’ Just a little verbal grooming among women. 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Which is not to say fingerprinting — or linguistics — doesn’t produce valuable evidence. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “I really don’t know that much about her,” said a third-year linguistics graduate student in the audience at Georgetown. ‘The kids, they love Madeleine Albright’: How a veteran diplomat got turned into a millennial icon 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Blake, he says, is a combination of him and his fiancee, Georgetown associate linguistics professor Natalie Schilling. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z As our reviewer, Josh Lambert, put it: “What seems like a book about language taboos turns out to be a cognitive scientist’s sneaky — charming, consistently engrossing — introduction to linguistics.” Paperback Row 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But it could be “tricky to represent something in the abstract,” said Vyvyan Evans, a British linguistics professor and author of “The Emoji Code.” How the sexy peach emoji joined the resistance 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Blake, who is also a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, notices that Sue uses an unusual turn of phrase during an interview and in a written statement: “I put the light bug on.” Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Working with the literature and linguistics academics Jonathan Hope and Sam Hollands, we've been using computers to search millions of words in texts pre-dating Shakespeare. Five myths about Shakespeare’s contribution to the English language 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z “We’re manipulating the structure of the word,” said Adrienne R. Washington, a professor of sociocultural linguistics at Norfolk State University in Virginia. How Nicknames for the Pandemic Became a Popular Online Trend 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z But on a recent evening, Dan Jurafsky, a linguistics professor at Stanford, was puzzling over the redundancy of “local upstate New York grits.” Decoding a Menu at Root & Bone 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z So there’s actually a whole field about this, and it’s actually called linguistics, and it’s a really good tool for understanding the world around us. The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z He celebrated the world’s diversity of languages and ideas and inquired into everything from Greek tragedy to the linguistics of sex. Eminent man of letters George Steiner dead at age 90 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Jessie Sams, an associate linguistics professor at Stephen F. Austin State University and a conlanger, started lobbying to teach a course in the subject in 2011 — just as “Game of Thrones” began. How a community of obscure language inventors made it big with ‘Game of Thrones’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Instead, she studied linguistics, and used her language skills to help disabled children before turning to business writing, including a stint drafting direct-mail marketing materials. Amy Tan: Still ‘Joy Lucky’ after all these years 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But as a doctoral student in linguistics, I wanted to know more about how readily this behavior occurs: Would people converge based on evidence as flimsy as their own expectations of how someone might sound? What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z When a linguistics professor learns there may be a problem with her pregnancy, her research and romance become complicated in this play by Madeleine George. A&E highlights: Craft beer, Steely Dan, Railroad Days 2013-08-07T22:51:24Z She abandoned her studies of applied linguistics and was just months away from finishing a fine arts degree at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z Robert D. Hoberman, the chairman of the linguistics department at Stony Book, is overseeing the academic side of the project. Indian Tribes Go in Search of Their Lost Languages 2010-04-05T22:06:00Z Pinker’s knowledge of cognitive psychology and linguistics allows him to give well-argued reasons for following or flouting particular rules of usage. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. "Still Alice," anchored by Julianne Moore's remarkable disappearing act as a linguistics professor suffering from the early onset of dementia, is moving into more theaters as its star's performance continues to pile up accolades. 'Still Alice' achingly shows mental resilience and decline 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z After that, we would buy each other books on linguistics. William Leith: Ten seconds before my father's death 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z He moved into linguistics to discuss the definition of the word "hallelujah." Comic Eddie Izzard, at Hollywood Bowl, generates hysterics and more 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z As a former linguistics major, I’m very amenable to the idea that people who study language are more open-minded, but could you go into detail of what you mean by that? “Game of Thrones” wouldn’t be the same without him: Meet the man who made the Dothraki speak 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z “When she gets to that part, that rawness is real,” said Julie Hochgesang, a childhood friend who teaches linguistics at Gallaudet University. Lauren Ridloff’s Quiet Power: ‘My Life Has Changed in Every Way’ 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z U’s hero, he tells us, is Claude Lévi-Strauss, the French anthropologist who developed a link between linguistics and ethnography. ‘Satin Island,’ by Tom McCarthy 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z He graduated from Princeton and received a doctoral degree in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. Leah Schloss, Joshua Tauberer 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Heim earned a master’s degree in Slavic linguistics from Harvard, followed by a Ph.D. in Slavic languages there. Michael Henry Heim, Literary Translator, Dies at 69 2012-10-05T14:27:19Z Her essential core, an equal measure of resilience and vulnerability, is in "Still Alice's" linguistics professor. Oscars 2015: Julianne Moore and the art of effortlessness 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Her teachers call these “combat linguistics,” but the titular linguist mages — including politicians, cult leaders and gaming executives — have competing ends in mind, and Isobel is instrumental to all of them. A Gamer Learns to Weaponize Sounds in This Genre-Bender 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z There, he met a young Frenchwoman who was studying linguistics and was fascinated by Oceanic languages. A New Museum Director’s First Challenge: Which Exhibits to Give Back 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “Mrs. Dumpty,” a sequence of 44 lyrics published in 1998, charted the decline of her marriage to Ariel Bloch, a scholar of Semitic linguistics, after he sank into a crippling depression. Chana Bloch, Poet and Hebrew Translator, Is Dead at 77 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The intense pressure on networks to find new hits should not be underestimated either, said Timothy Jay, a professor of psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts who specializes in the linguistics of cursing. This Year?s Hot TV Trend Is a Word 2011-09-21T20:30:20Z Even so, she argues, the area in which women are most at a disadvantage is linguistics. How to get heard in meetings: deep breaths, superhero poses and owning ‘bossy’ 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “Requiem for the American Dream” is a timely 75-minute teach-in by Noam Chomsky, the M.I.T. linguistics professor who has been a leading leftist political analyst, critic and writer for six decades. Review: Noam Chomsky Focuses on Financial Inequality in ‘Requiem for the American Dream’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In 1940, David W. Maurer, a professor of linguistics, published a sociological study of the confidence artist’s culture called “The Big Con.” ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 6: Promises 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z “Banter emerges as this relentless gloss of irony over everything,” said Bethan Benwell, senior lecturer in language and linguistics at the University of Stirling and the author of several papers on men’s magazines. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z In “Nine Nasty Words,” McWhorter describes the evolution of some of the most notorious profanities in English, applying the tools of linguistics to find “structure in what seems like chaos, mess or the trivial.” John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z What do such disparate fields as linguistics, archaeology, religion, anthropology, classics and English literature have in common? ‘Philology’ by James Turner explains what happened to a discipline that flourished My own Essex accent is often brought up when sharing my expertise in linguistics. Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing a working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The notebooks provide more evidence of Haring’s interest in linguistics and semiotics. Art Review: ?Keith Haring: 1978-1982? at Brooklyn Museum 2012-03-22T20:22:59Z Before Mr. Yarshater embarked on the encyclopedia, he traveled throughout Iran, studying obscure dialects, and wrote a groundbreaking work in linguistics. A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran 2011-08-12T22:29:57Z Ms. Graham refers to bits of trees on the lawn as “blithe footnotes,” reminding you that her poems are inquiries into linguistics as well as into nature. Review: In Jorie’s Graham’s ‘From the New World,’ Flux Is a Whirling Constant 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Norbert Wiener, a budding philosopher and mathematician, was 14, and William Sidis, a star in linguistics and mathematics, was only 11. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z There’s a kind of cranky iconoclasm in the essay, with its scorn for those McCarthy calls “influential persons,” the unnamed experts in psychology and linguistics that dominate the discussion of these topics. Cormac McCarthy Explains the Unconscious 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Everyone knows that the latter is awkward or even unacceptable, but very few people outside the world of linguistics know why. Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Their 39-year-old daughter, Ruth, who studied forensic linguistics and will move to Fort Collins, Colo., later this year, has come by for the occasion. Jack Reacher Is Still Restless. But His Creator Has Settled Down. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Chaski, who taught linguistics at North Carolina State University in the early ’90s, organized a symposium at the Linguistic Society of America’s January meeting to help linguists learn how to serve the legal community. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Outsiders to academic linguistics are often shocked that there is debate on basic facts like what the subjunctive is. Would that it were so simple 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z That plot is more or less the same as in George Roy Hill’s film, itself loosely based on David Maurer’s “The Big Con,” probably the greatest page turner the field of linguistics has ever produced. Review: Con Men in Tap Shoes Lay Down ‘The Sting’ 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z To them it paled before Jean-Paul Sartre’s “The Family Idiot,” a lengthy study that combined psychoanalysis, social psychology, linguistics, anthropology and other disciplines to theorize on Flaubert’s motivations. Herbert Lottman, Biographer of French Figures, Dies at 87 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Clearly, then, the discipline of linguistics needs a marketing overhaul, because this is exactly what linguistics consists of: describing the rules, many of them hidden and not obvious, of the human language ability. Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The book also serves as a searing dismissal of academia, and of the linguistics professor Noam Chomsky. Paperback Row 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z In providing the reader a foundation in rudimentary linguistics and its history, Shariatmadari is perhaps prompting — even inducting — us into thinking through such issues ourselves. ‘Don’t Believe a Word,’ a Look at Language and Power (and Why Dolphins Have Accents) 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z For five years, when he wasn’t working as a technical writer in the software industry, Chiang read books about linguistics. Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The play ends with the professor savagely beating his student; as the linguistics professor Deborah Tannen wrote in The New York Times, “The evening I saw the play, the audience cheered and urged him on.” Why Plays About Sexual Assault Are Too Murky for Our Own Good 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z This global lexicon, written with a light touch, is a scholarly treatise on toasts in scores of languages and takes a deep dive into linguistics, history and traditions. Master the Art of the Toast 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Macdonald was born in Cork in 1820 and raised in the somewhat volatile atmosphere of that Irish city’s intelligentsia, whose heated conversations centered on linguistics, art, politics and Irish customs and folklore. The Artist Who Dared to Paint Ireland’s Great Famine 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z He talks to a linguistics professor, a film historian, and a Hollywood voice coach who trains actors to sound straighter. Is There a “Gay Voice”? 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Hilton was curious about how conversations work well before she started studying linguistics. Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you're talking to 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z As yet only vaguely aware of her calling to be a writer, she enrolls in a number of classes on linguistics and the philosophy of language. Elif Batuman turns her gifts to fiction in 'The Idiot' 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z And, though the beginnings of forensic linguistics may be ancient, Juola says this kind of sleuthing may be on the rise. J.K. Rowling’s Secret: A Forensic Linguist Explains How He Figured It Out 2013-07-15T17:39:37Z Doors were slowly opening to women even at the flagship seminary in Louisville, and scholarship in fields like archeology, linguistics and the natural sciences was penetrating and changing theology discussions. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z An expert in computer linguistics, the professor developed software to analyse and compare texts. How Rowling was unmasked 2013-07-15T13:08:22Z "Maps" is a seeming world away from the Alzheimer’s-afflicted linguistics professor that earned Moore the golden statuette a week ago. 'Maps to the Stars': Julianne Moore's (other) bravura performance 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z “One of the biggest exports of American culture,” said Renée Blake, a linguistics professor at New York University, “is African American language.” The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Deborah Tannen watched the scandal unfold from two perspectives: as a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and as a resident of the nation’s capital. The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was embarrassing to talk about — but changed how we discuss sex 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z There’s The Psychology of the Simpsons, The Simpsons and Philosophy, and The Gospel According to the Simpsons, which detects insights from “literature, composition, linguistics, cultural studies, gender studies, and media appreciation.” Book Review: Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics by Joshua Hall 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Whether or not one person interrupted another depends on whom you ask, according to new research from Stanford’s Katherine Hilton, a doctoral candidate in linguistics. Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you're talking to 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He’s also working on an animated film about Noam Chomsky, based on interviews he conducted with Mr. Chomsky about linguistics and philosophy; he’s financing it himself. ArtsBeat: Michel Gondry, Reluctant Cannes Judge 2011-05-20T15:33:03Z "The whole idea of linguistics played a major role in his work." NY exhibit focuses on early career of Keith Haring 2012-03-25T00:46:05Z Moore plays Alice Howland, a composed and successful Columbia linguistics professor who begins to forget things right around her 50th birthday. “Still Alice”: Julianne Moore’s pulpy, Oscar-worthy Alzheimer’s role 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Gender linguistics dictate that women downplay certainty, apologise more and value building rapport with colleagues over establishing their place in a hierarchy, among other traits that are ultimately unhelpful for getting your point across. How to get heard in meetings: deep breaths, superhero poses and owning ‘bossy’ 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z "It came to Britain around the 6th or 7th century when the Romans standardised Old English," says David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales. The story of O in design 2010-03-16T22:00:00Z And that is what every forensic discipline, including linguistics, needs: “basic foundational science that proves it’s valid,” Harris says. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The spread of both is, in part, an issue of linguistics. Everyone’s a Curator Now 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z This book, by a writer and editor at The Guardian, is a brisk and friendly introduction to linguistics, and a synthesis of the field’s recent discoveries. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Coetzee, a Nobel Prize winner from South Africa, studied mathematics and linguistics and was a computer programmer before he became a writer. J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “A lot of people are attracted to linguistics by words,” he said. Decoding a Menu at Root & Bone 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z She exhumes two fictional outtakes from discarded novels, including one about a linguistics scholar that she wrote more than 20 years ago. Amy Tan, the Reluctant Memoirist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z He received a master’s degree in linguistics from New York University in 1966. David Antin, poet and critic known for his ‘talk poems,’ dies at 84 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z After doing an MPhil in linguistics at Oxford, Callimachi flirted with the idea of staying on for a PhD in Sanskrit, “which I was terrible at, by the way; really, really bad at.” Rukmini Callimachi: the podcasting terror expert getting into the minds of Isis 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z “I thought he was so smart and I was interested in everything he talked about,” said Ms. Umont, who graduated from Reed College and received a master’s degree in linguistics from McGill University. She Had a ‘Million’ Questions. He Had One for Her. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z How did you manage to persuade a Hollywood studio that a film about alien linguistics was a good investment? How Elvish, comics and rowdy astrophysicists helped Eric Heisserer write 'Arrival's' Oscar-nominated script 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Instead it hints at the amalgam of logic, philosophy, linguistics, research, appraisal and anecdotal wisdom that will follow. Books of The Times: Drumbeat to E-Mail: The Medium and the Message 2011-03-06T22:55:16Z “It used to be nerdy to discuss parts of speech outside of grammar class,” Baron, a professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, writes. English’s Pronoun Problem Is Centuries Old 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Fragments are not far off from images themselves, said David Crystal, an honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, and a pioneer in the field of Internet linguistics. Future Tense: On Internet Slang, IMHO 2014-03-28T19:52:44Z If language is a kind of performance, can musicians renegotiate the expectations placed upon them as performers by upsetting their own musical linguistics? 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z "This work influences linguistics with quantitative perspectives, contributes to models of applied mathematics, and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration while emphasizing the need for more comprehensive data in computational linguistics," said Rosillo-Rodes. When languages collide, which survives? 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The finding implies that instead of just shoving ever more training data into machine-learning models, a complementary strategy might be to offer AI algorithms the equivalent of a focused linguistics or algebra class. New Training Method Helps AI Generalize like People Do 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Third year linguistics and English language student Kate said that student satisfaction at Edinburgh was "incredibly low" because a lack of action over harassment allegations. Edinburgh University failing over sexual misconduct complaints - students 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z But “there’s no one place where you can go download the Internet,” says Emily M. Bender, a linguist who studies computational linguistics and language technology at the University of Washington. Your Personal Information Is Probably Being Used to Train Generative AI Models 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “The reality is that there’s free speech for everyone on college campuses,” said Fleisher, a linguistics professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Gee announced that WVU's department of world languages, literatures, and linguistics would be cut entirely — despite generated operating profits of more than $800,000 in each of the last three years. Can we untangle our humanity from the artificial intelligence ouroboros? 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z That includes bachelor’s degrees in French and Spanish along with Chinese, German and Russian studies, and master’s programs in linguistics and teaching English to speakers of other languages. West Virginia University students push back on program and faculty cuts after $45M budget shortfall 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “They can’t understand psychoanalysis when it starts getting tied into philosophy, literature, linguistics, anthropology,” he said. Alan Roland, 93, Psychoanalyst Who Cautioned Against Western Bias, Dies 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Phillip M. Carter, a linguistics professor at Florida International University, argues that it already is. ‘Get Down’ From the Car. ‘Make’ the Line. Is Miami English a Dialect? 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z In addition to being the father of modern linguistics, the popular intellectual has written more than 150 books on myriad political and social subjects. Chimpsky, not Chomsky: Did Nim the chimpanzee actually learn American Sign Language? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z These kinds of transitions make historical linguistics rather like archaeology. This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Astrud Weinert was the youngest of three sisters, born into a family both musical and at ease with foreign languages: Her mother was a singer and violinist, her father a linguistics professor. Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer who gave us 'The Girl From Ipanema,' dies at 83 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z I was supposed to use the Mac for my schoolwork in linguistics, though I spent many nights writing fiction; I had secret and not entirely formed ambitions of being a writer. California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Her research straddles the often blurry line between computer science and linguistics. The Race to Make A.I. Smaller (and Smarter) 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z As a result, the name "Noam Chomsky" is familiar not only to students of linguistics, but also political nerds and social justice advocates. Chimpsky, not Chomsky: Did Nim the chimpanzee actually learn American Sign Language? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z In the standard Mandarin spoken in China, for instance, baba — father — is pronounced with an emphasis on the first syllable, said Hongyin Tao, a professor of Chinese language and linguistics at UCLA. Mandarin classes are a new battleground between China and Taiwan 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Max, 19, and Tom, 20 are both studying linguistics at Cambridge. University strikes: How the marking boycott affects Cambridge 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Prof. Kucerova, the director of the linguistics center in Hamilton, regards Mr. Maracle as a linguist despite his lack of formal training. Unlocking the ‘Rosetta Stone’ of a Dying Language 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Let’s start looking at it more as an issue of linguistics and less as an issue of ideology. Opinion | ‘Latinx’ might go away on its own 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z "Those insights had a profound effect on linguistics and cognitive psychology," Terrace concluded to Columbia University. Chimpsky, not Chomsky: Did Nim the chimpanzee actually learn American Sign Language? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z “Showcase how your start-up combines A.I. with other fields, such as cognitive psychology, linguistics or neuroscience, to create innovative solutions,” ChatGPT said. How ChatGPT and Bard Performed as My Executive Assistants 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z He received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Texas. Roger C. Schank, Theorist of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 76 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Yet, linguistics academic conferences now feature him as a speaker. Unlocking the ‘Rosetta Stone’ of a Dying Language 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z He’s a linguistics PhD student about to take off for Argentina, and he’s erudite, sarcastic, funny and incredibly beautiful. Review: 'Of an Age' nails the beauty of first love and what it means to be seen 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z He’s a linguistics Ph.D. student about to take off for Argentina, and he’s erudite, sarcastic, funny and incredibly beautiful. ‘Of an Age’ review: Moving story captures messiness of first love 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Others taking part in the Bradford event include Jacob Mitchell, aka 'MC Grammar', who will be rapping about linguistics and BLF's story master Gav Cross will bring stories to life for students. Bradford: Sir Lenny Henry for World Book Day event 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Most dialect coaches are actors who become fascinated with language and discover a talent for linguistics, the professionals said. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a dialect coach 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Yeoman is a photographer who got her start in documentary linguistics, spending years working with Indigenous communities in the western United States on language documentation and helping them reclaim languages. A Newcastle couple preserves family recipes through a customized cookbook 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “People were not building systems for fluent dialogue. That was just too hard,” said Stuart Shieber, a Harvard computer scientist who specializes in computational linguistics, including the Turing test. The Chatbots Can’t Outsmart You. Yet. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Ms Yasutake, who was Japanese, was a talented pupil and won a scholarship to Cambridge University where she studied classics, specialising in linguistics. Rina Yasutake: Family thought mummified woman was still alive 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “There are two different things: decisions about spelling and decisions about pronunciation,” said Linda Coleman, a professor of linguistics at the University of Maryland. Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z A senior lecturer in communication and applied linguistics at the University of Portsmouth, Dr Tranchese studies how new words coined to describe existing forms of abuse are a means to challenge gender violence. 'They allow us to name something we know is wrong': The new words defining sexual abuse 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Working as a photographer for an alt weekly had her shooting food at restaurants, and the combination of food and linguistics — more specifically, family histories — had her looking to her own heritage. A Newcastle couple preserves family recipes through a customized cookbook 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “The protest movement has overshadowed the football,” said Kamran, a linguistics professor who lives in the verdant northern province of Mazandaran. Barred from stadiums at home, Iran women travel to World Cup 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Back in 2016, Jamie Clark of Seattle was a software engineer who planned to take a year off of work to finish a master’s degree in computational linguistics. Liz Weston: How to take a career break 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z For this reason, many language scientists — including Noam Chomsky, a founder of modern linguistics — believe that language learners require a kind of glue to rein in the unruly nature of everyday language. AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “But the advances we associate with the Renaissance in the arts, sciences, education, scholarship, linguistics and even political experimentation all got under way in the Middle Ages.” Thomas Cahill, popular history writer, dead at 82 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Witness statements were taken from both players as well as six players near to the alleged incident, with the investigation “reviewing multiple angles of video footage, and seeking independent linguistics experts evidence.” English FA takes no action after Gabriel-Henderson clash 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Video footage was also reviewed and evidence was collected from independent linguistics experts. FA to take no action after Henderson-Gabriel clash 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Me and my best friend were really into linguistics and she came across the Basque language and I asked her to describe me in two words. Arima Ederra wants to be a vessel for you 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z After Margaret’s disappearance, Bird’s father loses his prestigious position as a linguistics professor. Review: 'Little Fires Everywhere' author Celeste Ng ventures boldly into the dark future 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Vakulina, who finished a bachelor's degree in linguistics this year, said she hoped that the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency could lead to a de-militarisation of the power plant. Ukrainians brave nuclear risk to escape Russian-ruled south 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z In fact, the landscape and functions of various parts of writing—linguistics, audience, and rhetorical appeals, to name a few—vary across languages and cultures. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z However, the emeritus professor of linguistics at University College London mused that it could instead be a portmanteau involving the first part of “splay” and the last part of “cute.” What does ‘splooting’ mean? And why are squirrels doing it? 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Michel DeGraff, a professor of linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said, “word choice to describe certain individuals does matter. Especially when it comes to individuals who are vulnerable in any way.” New York scraps word ‘inmate’ in state law 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z One does not need to be an expert in semiotics or linguistics to decode what Trump and other fascists are saying. What Trump and Orbán want: It's fascism — it's not a metaphor or a joke 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z He later went back to school and completed his undergraduate degree in linguistics in 1973. Larry Josephson, freeform radio pioneer, dies at 83 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Education, psychology, sociology, and linguistics are just some of the research fields that rely on these studies as a way of drawing conclusions through observation. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z This is the embodiment of what linguistics professor George Lakoff called “the wrathful god.” The criminalization of pregnancy 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Fans of mythological linguistics may recall that the Targaryen family's mother tongue is High Valerian. House of the Dragon: What we know about the Games of Thrones spin-off 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Beyond linguistics, anti-vaccination activists are playing politics, intentionally trolling the abortion rights groups by using their words against them, Wulf said. ‘My Body, My Choice’: How vaccine foes co-opted the abortion rallying cry 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “The major contribution here is data,” Professor Alexander Fraser, an expert in computational linguistics at LMU Munich in Germany, told The Verge. Meta open sources early-stage AI translation tool that works across 200 languages 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Explain how case studies are used in the field of applied linguistics. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The “impressive number” of ancient and modern DNA profiles adds to evidence from archaeology and linguistics, he says, which suggests past people gradually populated Pacific islands in successive migrations. Female lineages anchored Pacific islands for 2000 years 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In fact, far from delivering life lessons, the collapse of Selin’s unrealized romance seemed to represent a total breakdown in meaning, and she ended up abandoning her study of linguistics in disgust. Review | ‘The Idiot’ sequel, ‘Either/Or,’ is the best kind of follow-up 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z While reading this novel, I was struck by how much research you wove throughout, from facts about canning to linguistics. Why Lidia Yuknavitch aims to 'unwrite an Americanness' with a new novel about America 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z “We now have machines that can mindlessly generate words, but we haven’t learned how to stop imagining a mind behind them,” said Emily M. Bender, a linguistics professor at the University of Washington. The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Explain how the field of applied linguistics has contributed to understanding of language. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z A linguistics professor interviewed by WaPo agreed that it’s incorrect to equate convincing written responses with sentience. Google suspends engineer who claims its AI is sentient 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z EBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s “father is a surgeon who worked at Johns Hopkins University,” and his “mother has a PhD in linguistics.” Review | What the research really says about American immigration 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Sihawukele Ngubane, a professor of linguistics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa, said that Afrikaans originated with Dutch colonizers who arrived in the 17th century. Ryanair Asks Travelers to Prove South African Nationality, in Afrikaans 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But along with consulting dictionaries, she consulted a database of language, called a corpus, built by a Brigham Young University linguistics professor for other linguists. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Scholars engaged in the field of applied linguistics seek to identify and offer solutions to real-life problems involving language. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Along with plenty of presumably genuine messages from well-meaning families, Alina, a linguistics student, also began to receive "worrying" messages sent directly to her email and WhatsApp. Ukraine war: 'Worrying' messages to refugee seeking UK safety 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Launched in 2014, MPI-SHH, in Jena, Germany, was supposed to explore human history through a blend of genetics, archaeology, and linguistics; its multimillion-dollar archaeology budget is one of the world’s largest. Max Planck archaeology director removed after alleged bullying 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The phrase has become what is known in linguistics circles as a “floating signifier,” Dr. Leiserowitz said. There’s a Messaging Battle Right Now Over America’s Energy Future 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z A new legal tool Using corpora to answer legal questions, a strategy often referred to as legal corpus linguistics, has grown increasingly popular in some legal circles within the past decade. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z One subfield of applied linguistics is language acquisition theory, which focuses on the ways in which people learn language. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z "English is still the language of power," says Chege Githiora, a linguistics professor in Kenya, in recognition of the political and economic reality. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z He taught linguistics and English for foreign students and also taught painting at Georgetown University at the Corcoran art and design school. Community deaths 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But there’s a reason why unwanted editors are called “grammar Nazis,” said Dennis Baron, a linguistics professor at the University of Illinois. What ‘your’ vs. ‘you’re’ says about Congress right now 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z These two corpora have become the tools most commonly used by judges who favor legal corpus linguistics. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z In addition, English departments often include linguistics, journalism, folklore, women’s studies, cultural or ethnic studies, and film. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z He graduated in 1961 and, partly to avoid the draft, went to graduate school, earning a master’s degree in linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1963. Dave Hickey, roguish and erudite art critic, dies at 82 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z But note the word choice from the linguistics professor. Review | At war with the woke: A fresh perspective makes the same tired arguments 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z For Elise Bell, a second-year lecturer of linguistics at UCLA, the greater job stability will help deepen the teaching experience she and her colleagues can bring to students. Critical role of UC lecturers affirmed as strike is averted, tentative agreement reached 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But legal corpus linguistics lets textualists turn to a very specific kind of tool, one that is cloaked by the allure of technology and big data. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Would we finally acknowledge that Black lives and Black linguistics matter? Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z In a famous linguistics study, researchers showed these words make English speakers think of blobby and sharp shapes, respectively. Nonsense words make people around the world think of the same shapes 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z In 2007, David Ciccoricco, a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Otago in New Zealand, published a paper describing a growing genre of games with literary and artistic qualities. The lure of emotionally complex video games 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Still, she is impressed by the sheer amount of data the team synthesized in the new paper, and says it seems to mostly agree with the existing data from linguistics, archaeology, and ancient DNA. How agriculture gave rise to one of the world’s most mysterious language families 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z “All of these tools are woefully inadequate,” says James Heilpern, a senior fellow of law and corpus linguistics at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, who trains judges and attorneys on the practice. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Anne Curzan is the Geneva Smitherman collegiate professor of English and linguistics at the University of Michigan, where she is also dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “If everything you listen to is dubbed, you lose all the phonetics, all the information, all the empathy,” said Siva Reddy, an assistant professor of linguistics and computer science at McGill University. Every movie and TV show could soon be dubbed into any language you want 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z This kind of language variation is an old puzzle in linguistics. Sunlight affects whether languages have a word for ‘blue’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Paula Winke, a Michigan State University linguistics professor who has researched the educational benefits of captioning, described captions as “glasses for your ears” that can make it easier to parse dialogue. Why captions are everywhere on TikTok: 'glasses for your ears' 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z But one of Davies’ linguistics students, Stephen Mouritsen, went on to law school. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Lila Gleitman, 91, whose pioneering work in linguistics and cognitive science expanded our understanding of how language works and how children go about learning it, died Aug. 8 at a hospital in Philadelphia. This week’s passages 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “One of the things that Trump never did was whisper,” said Robin Lakoff, professor emerita of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Listen up: Biden speaks volumes in a whisper to make a point 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Deborah Tanner, an author and linguistics professor at Georgetown University, agrees. Using "DNA" as a metaphor? It's in English's DNA 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The dialogue is informed by text and Twitter linguistics, dramatic beats are driven by and delivered via phone. Review: Based on a Twitter thread, 'Zola' is one wild ride 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z In 2011, corpus linguistics appeared for the first time in a judicial opinion by Justice Lee. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “My community is erased with a scalpel, and with words and linguistics,” says Pagonis, “but this time they’re literally erasing the word.” TikTok says the repeat removal of the intersex hashtag was a mistake 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z There, she met Warner, who was a linguistics grad student. Native American women are reclaiming their language 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Struck by the importance of linguistic analysis, Fitzgerald returned to the classroom and picked up a master’s degree in linguistics to go along with a prior master’s degree in psychology. FBI profiler donates files 25 years after Unabomber arrest 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z He is generally considered the founder of modern linguistics and is one of the most widely cited scholars and influential public intellectual scholars in the world today. Welfare fraud is actually rare, no matter what the myths and stereotypes say 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Most of the judges discussing corpus linguistics in their opinions were Republican appointees, according to Tobia’s analysis. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Motorola’s linguistics team worked with native language speakers of both languages throughout the project, which meant training them on the company’s tools and practices while on a multinational schedule. Motorola phones will now include endangered languages from the Amazon 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z “Preserving those distinctive or unusual ways of receiving the world is important for all the reasons that diversity is important,” said Andrew Garrett, chair of the linguistics department at U.C. Native American women are reclaiming their language 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The professor tapped Fitzgerald and his partner, Georgetown University linguistics professor Dr. Natalie Schilling, to help design the forensic linguistics master’s degree at Cal U. FBI profiler donates files 25 years after Unabomber arrest 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z When Emily M. Bender, a computational linguistics professor at the University of Washington and Gebru’s co-author on the paper, reported one of these accounts for harassment, Domingos implied she was being prejudiced. Timnit Gebru was fired from Google — then the harassers arrived 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z And, when Republican-appointed judges talked about corpus linguistics, they were more likely to be in favor of it; the Democratic appointees were more likely to be critical of the tool. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Apreda used encryption techniques and the dark web in an attempt to hide his identity, but police brought in behavioural, linguistics and cyber-crime experts to track him down. Lockdown bomb hoaxer targeted NHS, MPs and BLM protests 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Today he is a Ph.D student in linguistics and a University of California student regent. Black students are succeeding in college at higher rates, but far behind white peers, report says 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z His analysis of Kaczynski’s writings helped lead to the arrest of the infamous “Unabomber” and helped elevate the field of forensic linguistics. FBI profiler donates files 25 years after Unabomber arrest 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z In college, she studied Spanish and Arabic and later earned a master’s degree in linguistics and several diplomas in other fields. Charity in Egypt is an oasis of care amid misery of the pandemic 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “I really do believe that corpus linguistics is an entirely apolitical and atheoretical tool,” he says. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Police behavioural and linguistics experts drew up a profile of the extortionist, who they decided was not from the UK. Lockdown bomb hoaxer targeted NHS, MPs and BLM protests 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z She received a doctorate in linguistics and Middle Eastern languages from Harvard in 1963. Mary Catherine Bateson, anthropologist and author of ‘Composing a Life,’ dies at 81 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z The author: Marianne Cronin is a linguistics expert and lecturer, who also performs improvised comedy with the comedy group Box of Frogs. Books 2021: A pick and mix of what's coming up 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z “Often, they hew suspiciously close to stereotypes about the culture in question,” writes David Shariatmadari in his myth-busting linguistics book Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language. Is joy the same in every language? 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “Fatally flawed” uses Linguists, though, question whether judges are actually using corpus linguistics appropriately. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It is another young woman, aged 25, a linguistics student. As the virus resurges, mental health woes batter France 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z It is another young woman, aged 25, a linguistics student. As the virus resurges, mental health woes batter France 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Later, he studied linguistics in Paris and in 1982 returned to Gallaudet as a teacher in the English department. Community deaths 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z At one Minsk university specialising in linguistics, at least 30 professors joined their students in the strike, one of the professors told Reuters. Belarusian students complain of expulsions after joining opposition strike 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z There are, broadly speaking, three categories of corpus linguistic analysis, says Stefan Gries, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Last year, Mr. Bodo transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is majoring in linguistics and psychology, and settled into a shared dorm room. No Home, No Wi-Fi: Pandemic Adds to Strain on Poor College Students 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Mary Paster, a linguistics professor and resident of Upland, drove in to fill a basket with books as her way of helping Vroman’s survive. Column: The Los Angeles we love is dying in 2020. We must fight to save it 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Back then, my intention had been to complete a Ph.D. in linguistics, then return home to Morocco, where I planned to work as a college professor. I’m a Muslim and Arab American. Will I Ever Be an Equal Citizen? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z He grew into a pensive youth whose interest in linguistics earned him the unusual yearbook distinction of being named most likely to become a lexicographer. Robert Kehoe, honored for valor in World War II, dies at 98 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The second uses dedicated corpus linguistics software to do more advanced analysis. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, perhaps, the islands have developed their own Ogasawara dialect, said Daniel Long, a linguistics professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University. On remote Japanese isle, old bonds with America stir modern questions over race and identity 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z He received a master’s degree in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and a doctorate from the City University of New York in 1978. Geoffrey Nunberg, who explored how language shapes politics and insults, dies at 75 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z Lorna Ramm is leaving Edinburgh University with a degree in linguistics and English language and hopes to get a job in financial services or management consulting. 'Coronavirus has delayed my career prospects' 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. McFarland said he was interested in studying molecular and cellular biology, linguistics or biomedical engineering. How One Student Chose a College During a Pandemic 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Most legal corpus linguistics falls into the first category, Gries says. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Such an argument, Byron T. Ahn, a linguistics professor at Princeton, wrote in a tweet of his own, amounted to “a kind of indirect ad hominem attack.” How a Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target Over His Tweets 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z From an archaeological viewpoint, the next step would be to assess how well their model fits with material-culture studies, ethno-historical records, linguistics and evidence of plant and animal distributions. Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z This requires research of the linguistics and history surrounding proposed changes as well as careful assessment of public taste and sensibilities. Opinion | Why news organizations’ move to capitalize ‘Black’ is a win 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z In 1964, she earned a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Kansas and then moved to the Washington area. Joan Baratz Snowden, education advocate for minority children, dies at 80 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z For example, corpora, specifically the corpora used for legal corpus linguistics, contains millions of words from TV programs, magazines, and newspapers — news sources. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Rather, they were intent on showing that he had been deceitful and used racial dog whistles, and thus, was a disreputable representative for linguistics. How a Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target Over His Tweets 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Of course, there is no singular New York accent - there are variations that depend on factors like socioeconomic status and ethnic group, said Gregory Guy, also a linguistics professor at NYU. Pandemic gives megaphone to the oft-maligned New York accent 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z “I’m looking for advice. My linguistics professor has offered me wine several times in her office and acted inappropriately when I see her in various queer spaces in Tempe or Phoenix.” The Accusations Were Lies. But Could We Prove It? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Chambers, a professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto who specializes in language variation and change. In truth, 'eh' may not be as Canadian as the world thinks 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Corpus linguistics can’t actually offer clear-cut answers around language, even if it looks like a more objective way to answer questions. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z She earned her bachelor’s degree at Seoul National University, then studied Chinese and linguistics at Taiwan National University and Japanese at Japan’s Keio University. Who is Miky Lee? 7 things to know about the 'Parasite' producer 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z “People opinion’s about accents are really opinions about the people who use those accents,” said Laurel MacKenzie, assistant professor of linguistics at New York University. Pandemic gives megaphone to the oft-maligned New York accent 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Then I studied computational linguistics at the University of Washington, which is essentially about getting computers to process human language. Data scientist at Fred Hutch wrangles machine learning tools to help cancer-fighting colleagues | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The broad scope of his work - which included linguistics, philosophy and literary criticism - was praised as much by his admirers as it was disapproved of by others. Literary critic George Steiner dies aged 90 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Heilpern says that proponents of corpus linguistics know that it can’t be a perfectly objective tool and that he stresses to lawyers and judges that context and interpretation are key. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Bringing on board linguistics and language retention experts, Duolingo launched in 2012, initially offering a handful of languages, including English, French and Spanish. The man teaching 300 million people a new language 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z However, a linguistics expert is warning that slang bans may actually cause more harm than good. Should words like 'peng' or 'bruv' be banned in class? 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z “That had linguistics, that had film history. That was gorgeous.” Zoe Kazan stuns TCA with emotional remarks on grandfather's role in Hollywood blacklist 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Medvedev toyed with the idea of studying linguistics but eventually plumped for law, enrolling in the autumn of 1982 at Leningrad State University. Dmitry Medvedev: the rise and fall of the Robin to Putin’s Batman 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “Corpus linguistics can simply provide better evidence to the judge in order to make their decision,” he says. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “It’s absolutely invaluable to document, analyze, understand and maintain the linguistic diversity of the planet,” said Ross Perlin, a director of the language alliance and an adjunct professor of linguistics at Columbia University. Just 700 Speak This Language (50 in the Same Brooklyn Building) 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The linguistics academic says slang is a natural way of speaking, and banning it may be a threat to a person's identity. Should words like 'peng' or 'bruv' be banned in class? 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z At the same time, he was entering competitions that used logic puzzles to solve linguistics problems — and puzzling over the curious local dialect in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Puzzling over language: A computational linguistics researcher crafts a crossword for Johns Hopkins 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Their responses were the stuff of linguistics and gender studies. Female candidates asked for forgiveness. Men, not so much 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But Bernstein is skeptical that judges have the skills to use corpus linguistics. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “This is an important study,” says William Croft, a professor of linguistics at the University of New Mexico, who wasn’t involved in the work. Emotional Words Such as “Love” Mean Different Things in Different Languages 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Now he’s working at Homeboy and preparing to study linguistics. Father Gregory Boyle talks hope, homelessness and the power of kinship 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “There’s a similar mixture that goes into being a computational linguistics researcher,” with lots of coding, math and empirical work, Mahowald said. Puzzling over language: A computational linguistics researcher crafts a crossword for Johns Hopkins 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z She dreamed of becoming a diplomat or a professor of linguistics, but she was also interested in business. She Accused a Tech Billionaire of Rape. The Chinese Internet Turned Against Her. 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z These types of problems aren’t unique to corpus linguistics — even devout textualists say that the strategies used to find the meanings of words can pose problems if used incorrectly. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But they are wrong,” Dennis Baron, a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, told The Washington Post in 2014. "They" is Merriam-Webster's Word of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Psycholinguistics is a field at the intersection of psychology and linguistics, and one if its recent discoveries is that the languages we speak influence our eye movements. The Language You Speak Influences Where Your Attention Goes 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Tom McCoy studies computational linguistics and is a puzzle constructor of such skill that he has had multiple crosswords published in the New York Times. Puzzling over language: A computational linguistics researcher crafts a crossword for Johns Hopkins 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Geoff Pullum, professor of general linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and co-author of the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, says there are two broad issues. The movement to limit Spanish speaking in US 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The use of legal corpus linguistics has grown rapidly over the past few years, and Heilpern says it’s still not clear what the future might look like. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It borrows from linguistics, the study of language and its structure. What happened when schools used science to revamp how reading is taught 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z James Child, 94, a linguist with the National Security Agency who also did translating and teaching of linguistics, died Oct. Community deaths 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The field of cognitive science itself is a puzzle, Smolensky said, piecing together what has been learned about the mind from linguistics, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, philosophy and computer science with the development of artificial intelligence. Puzzling over language: A computational linguistics researcher crafts a crossword for Johns Hopkins 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Her mother worked as a waitress and did odd jobs while her father earned his degree in linguistics from the University of Texas at El Paso. Texas immigrant family succeeds in egg rolls business 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The potential ramifications of the spread of corpus linguistics depend on who’s using it, he says. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z William Dance, a linguistics and fake news expert at Lancaster University says Johnson's page shows "signs of inauthentic behaviour, with repetitious and duplicate comments." Why are real people acting like 'Boris bots'? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z David Harris, 94, a Georgetown University linguistics professor who retired in 1990, died Aug. 19 at a care center in Washington. Community deaths 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Not only do Daphne and Laurel tussle over linguistics, their life choices fracture their relationship as well. Cathleen Schine's 'The Grammarians' introduces rival twins obsessed with wordplay 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But it could be “tricky to represent something in the abstract,” said Vyvyan Evans, a British linguistics professor, and author of “The Emoji Code.” How the sexy peach emoji joined the resistance 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z But even if you ignore the linguistics, the country’s official name is Ukraine. Perspective | Five myths about Ukraine 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Through this and previous studies, what benefits do you believe linguistics can bring to disentangling the impact of social media? Two Linguists Use Their Skills to Inspect 21,739 Trump Tweets 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z “Language responds to social change. Things that need to be expressed get expressed,” said Dennis Baron, professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Merriam-Webster adds nonbinary pronoun ‘they’ to dictionary 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z His responses were so in-depth, with various passionate tangents into subjects like video game history and linguistics, that I decided to reproduce them here with minimal editing. Seaman creator Yoot Saito on the fishy Dreamcast AI that was way ahead of its time 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And Sarah talks with Christophe Coupé, an associate professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong in China, about the information density of different languages. Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z As artificial intelligence and computational linguistics become more prominent in our world, it is important to be aware of gendered language. What reading 3.5 million books tells us about gender stereotypes 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z In recent years, Jack Grieve of the department of English and linguistics at the University of Birmingham in England has embraced Twitter as a bountiful lode for looking at language-use patterns. Two Linguists Use Their Skills to Inspect 21,739 Trump Tweets 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Mr Kambon started his doctoral studies in linguistics at the University of Ghana in 2009 and now teaches at its Institute of African Studies. Moving to Ghana 'to escape racism' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z A linguistics professor leads an elite team of investigators in a race against time to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Aug. 4-10, 2019 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z “I want to improve myself,” he said, adding that he wants to study either linguistics or computer science. Protester voices: What Puerto Rico demonstrators are saying 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Finally, we talk to Naomi S. Baron, a professor of linguistics emerita at American University and author of Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. Why does everyone get so worked up over Gmail’s Smart Reply feature? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z This has really led to an explosion of amateur linguistics, in my opinion. Two Linguists Use Their Skills to Inspect 21,739 Trump Tweets 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The study was not open to academic scrutiny but its methodology was analysed by a linguistics analyst. Muslim Council calls for 'fairer' media coverage 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z According to a "personal statement" that he distributes to reporters, his interests include not only physics and modernist literature but also nuclear arm-control, natural history, human history, population growth, sustainable human development, archaeology and linguistics. From My Archives: Quark Inventor Murray Gell-Mann Doubts Science Will Discover "Something Else" 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Conlang classes would be an illuminating challenge for those studying linguistics. Opinion | It wasn’t easy to create Valyrian 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z When I found out I was pregnant, I was 19 and in the second year of my degree in Portuguese and linguistics. 'I got morning sickness instead of freshers' flu' 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z "It is no exaggeration to say this work represents one of the most important developments to date in Romance linguistics," Cheshire said. 600-year-old 'world's most mysterious text' finally decoded by UK genius 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z We firmly understand that the impacts of gender are felt unequally, in light of both our lived experience and our research in sociology, gender, technology, and linguistics. Actually, We Should Not All Use They/Them Pronouns 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z The exhilarating thing about linguistics to any word-lover is the pace at which it reinvents itself: even faster than Madonna in the 90s. Don't ditch the adverb, the emoji of writing | Gary Nunn 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z At the time, Teal was studying computational linguistics as part of a master’s degree in biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. 11 ways to avert a data-storage disaster 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The situation has since escalated into a bloody battle of linguistics. War of words: Oppressed English speakers targeted in escalating Cameroonian conflict 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The ability of women to mobilize their communities attests to the leadership of Eman al-Nafjan, a blogger and a linguistics professor, in promoting the driving campaign. Opinion | A sham trial exposes Saudi Arabia’s continued disrespect for its citizens 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “People who speak African-American English are stigmatized for so doing,” said Taylor Jones, a doctoral student in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the study’s authors. Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z “Many adverbs are needless,” says Nick Enfield, professor of linguistics at Sydney University. Don't ditch the adverb, the emoji of writing | Gary Nunn 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The comically circular dialogue, which captures the gender differences in male-female communication, would do a linguistics scholar proud. The 99 Seat Beat: A trans family play, a chaplain with secrets and love on the rocks 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Grissom, who researches computational linguistics and has studied linguistics extensively, explained that certain languages and dialects have specific grammar that govern how the language works, even though it’s not considered “proper” or taught in school. Aquarium apologizes after viral tweet about 'thicc' sea otter spawns harsh backlash 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Scholastica Cruz, a Woodbury University graduate in psychology from the Philippines, is a research assistant in cognitive neuroscience and linguistics at the University of Southern California. The End of DACA Would Be a Blow to Science 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Coming from a pacifist background, and obsessed with linguistics, I’ve grown uneasy with the way war shapes our words. Can we save the world from climate change without declaring war? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The word’s casual use in German is interesting to linguists, given its somewhat taboo nature in English, said Anatol Stefanowitsch, a professor of English linguistics at the Free University in Berlin. Some Words Defy Translation. Angela Merkel Showed Why. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z They can’t all use complex schemes and terminology that require dual degrees in engineering and linguistics. Washington should come clean on not calling Colin Kaepernick 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z While All Nations did not offer logistical support to get him there, it offered linguistics training and spiritual support, she said. American’s Death Revives Evangelical Debate Over Extreme Missionary Work 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Anvita Abbi, a linguistics professor with deep knowledge of North Sentinel, said the islanders have a right to defend their territory. John Chau Wanted to Change Life on North Sentinel Island. Was He Wrong? 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He often had the boxes of Perky Jerky sent to his friend, Mr. Ramsey, whose family lived about an hour away from the linguistics school. John Chau Aced Missionary Boot Camp. Reality Proved a Harsher Test. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He often had the boxes of Perky Jerky sent to his friend, Ramsey, whose family lived about an hour away from the linguistics school. John Chau aced missionary boot camp; real world proved a harsher test 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He also said reasonable consumers did not “approach or interpret language in the manner of a linguistics professor.” U.S. judge shreds main claim in Parmesan cheese labeling lawsuits 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “At some point I became aware it was a military university,” said Dr. Jarvis, now chairman of the linguistics department at the University of Utah. China’s Military Sends More Scholars Abroad, at Times Without Schools’ Knowledge 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z According to Grover Hudson, an emeritus linguistics professor at Michigan State University, initialisms — which do not read as words — are easier to digest for shorter abbreviations. What’s in a Name Change? For Those Saying U.S.M.C.A., a Mouthful 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Harold Thomas “Bud” Beck, a writer, raconteur and college professor with a PhD in linguistics, researched the case after he heard about it in a bar he used to run. The great unsolved mystery of the missing Marjorie West 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Many used the opportunity to indulge in their favorite subjects or causes — environmental sustainability, linguistics and food were popular topics — while others just chronicled their lives. Sweden to End Twitter Experiment Letting Ordinary People Be Nation’s Voice 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The city-owned Franklin School at 13th and K streets NW is being converted into Planet Word, a privately run museum dedicated to linguistics. D.C. orders work to stop on landmark Franklin School; says developer destroyed historic interior 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Some call the field forensic linguistics, others call it stylometry or simply doing “author attribution.” Word detectives: Science may help finger opinion columnist 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Her dissertation became the magisterial book “Revolution in Poetic Language,” which earned her a chair in linguistics at the University of Paris VII. The agency grew cautious. Was the Philosopher Julia Kristeva a Cold War Collaborator? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z History and psychology graduates are the two groups of humanities graduates most common in the executive ranks of the business world, followed by philosophy and linguistics graduates. The few humanities majors who dominate in the business world 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Creed, 29, a linguistics graduate student at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, is not Inupiat, and neither is Magdanz, 24. Facebook adds Alaska’s Inupiaq as language option 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Labels constantly evolve, says Jeremy Wallach, an anthropologist who specializes in linguistics and teaches in the Department of Popular Culture at Ohio’s Bowling Green State University. Forget ‘Senior Citizen’—Aging Baby Boomers Search for Better Term 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z But he was drawn to linguistics in part because of his aptitude for systematizing. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In that case, the Canadian authorities were trying to deport a migrant who said he was from Liberia, speculating he was instead from Nigeria based on DNA testing and a linguistics report. Canada using DNA, ancestry websites to investigate migrants 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But just as evolutionary biology explains the platypus, historical linguistics shows how the three verbs piled up on each other. Hunting for fossils in the quirks of language 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s the latest linguistics salvo by a president who fundamentally altered the definition of “fake news” and tries to discredit opponents by pointing to the extreme critiques. Trump’s diagnosis for critics: ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z It’s the latest linguistics salvo by a president who fundamentally altered the definition of “fake news” and tries to discredit opponents of his administration by pointing to the most extreme critiques. Trump’s diagnosis for critics: ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Harvard gave her a full scholarship in 1998, and she went on to graduate school at M.I.T., in linguistics and psychology. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z My Fair Lady A Victorian Era linguistics professor attempts to give a Cockney flower girl a high-society makeover in this classic musical. The week ahead in SoCal theater: 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' and more 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z But it doesn’t take a linguistics expert to figure out that when Trotz mentioned the two sides had to “work through some issues” before reaching an agreement it means this isn’t just financial. Perspective | John Carlson is about to get paid. Let’s hope it’s by the Capitals. 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Last week, the linguist co-hosted a day-long workshop on this field of research, which sits at the boundary of astrobiology and linguistics. The researchers who study alien linguistics 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z A former linguistics professor, he worked for years as the pronunciation editor for Merriam-Webster. After 16 years, backup spelling bee pronouncer gets his shot 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Sietsema is a Greek Orthodox priest from Michigan, as well as a former linguistics professor and lexicographer. After 16 years, backup spelling bee pronouncer gets his shot 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Explaining denotation and connotation is linguistics 101, I suppose, but maybe a 101 course is necessary when you’re engaging a brand-new medium like consumer tech. A better metaphor for technology 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z An assistant professor of linguistics and a mother of three, including a toddler, al-Nafjan runs one of the first English blogs on Saudi Arabia. A closer look at 10 arrested Saudi women’s rights activists 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z We’ve done two workshops on communicating with aliens before, but this is the first one specifically about linguistics. The researchers who study alien linguistics 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “To see their enthusiasm about literacy, about linguistics, just feeds my soul in a way that I can’t quite describe.” After 16 years, backup spelling bee pronouncer gets his shot 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The name Carb Day refers both to engine parts and all the warm beer that is consumed, because we are nothing if not fans of delicious linguistics. An Indiana native's guide to the 2018 Indy 500 - Golf Digest 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z He graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in film and media arts and she graduated with a dual major of linguistics and creative writing. Father, daughter get Temple University degrees together 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Remembered for a pioneering study of bird classification, the seventeenth-century natural historian pursued interests in entomology, botany, linguistics, games and chance, and the reform of biological classification. The forgotten founder of ornithology 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z His father learned Farsi when he was young, and during the Iraq-Iran War in 1980, he went into the linguistics department of the Army and not the certain death of the infantry. Iraqi doctor who helped US forces finds new life in Texas 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z The University of Sussex linguistics professor said she still leaves administrative meetings at work with notes on phrasings unusual to her American-born ears, such as “not worth the candle”, which means worthless. To Brits with knickers in a twist over Americanisms: don't get your panties in a bunch 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Jack Grieve, professor of corpus linguistics at the University of Birmingham, maps the use of words on Twitter to help understand the evolution of language. How the Word "But" Could Save the World 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Marina Bobrik, a linguistics scholar in Moscow and one of our volunteers, says people get emotional when they are shown “a photo or pages from an 80-year-old case file”. Russia has yet to recover from the trauma of the Stalin era | Sergey Parkhomenko 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z By the late 1960s, a computer-led approach known as “corpus linguistics” was forcing lexicographers to re-examine their deepest assumptions about the way language operates. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Then she plans to study linguistics in college before returning to Tahlequah to do exactly what tribal officials always hoped some of the immersion students would do when they grew up. First Oklahoma Cherokee immersion students to graduate 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Susan Curtiss, a University of California, Los Angeles, linguistics professor who worked closely with other abused children, said the Turpins needed unconditional love and support and to be kept together. After the rescue: what does the future hold for California's Turpin children? 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z My training in linguistics prepared me well for this. I Am a Roboticist in a Cheese Factory 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z In public meetings, men asked three-quarters of the questions, on average, while making up only two-thirds of the audience, according to analysis by Janet Holmes, professor of linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Helping women ensure their voices are heard 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z For lexicographers, what’s really thrilling about corpus linguistics is the way it lets you spy on language in the wild. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Fodor’s work, begun in the 1960s and dovetailing with linguistics, logic, semiotics, psychology, anthropology, computer science, artificial intelligence and other fields, is widely credited with having helped seed the emerging discipline of cognitive science. This week’s passages 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Thus Cryle and Stephens present the etymology and genealogy of a word, the history of an idea, the cultural linguistics through which those threads have become entwined and the sociological ramifications of those subjectivities. Perfectly normal And it adds to the debate over the evolution of language, a discussion that is spread over different fields — biology, philosophy and linguistics. Chimps Tailor Alarms to What Other Chimps Know 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Marilyn Vihman, professor of linguistics at the University of York who was not involved in the study, described the research as excellent and welcomed the move to conduct research in the home environment. Babies may be able to link certain words and concepts, research suggests 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It takes a particular sort of human to be a “word detective”: something between a linguistics academic, an archival historian, a journalist and an old-fashioned gumshoe. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z In setting forth this model, Fodor married developments from the midcentury revolution in linguistics ushered in by Noam Chomsky to the computer science of the English mathematician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing. This week’s passages 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Davies, M. Expanding horizons in historical linguistics with the 400-million word Corpus of Historical American English. Detecting evolutionary forces in language change 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Saskova-Pierce received her masters and doctorate in Slavic and general linguistics at the University of Kansas. Czech Republic to open honorary consulate in Nebraska 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Shortly after finishing a linguistics Ph.D. at Berkeley in 1980, Ken Whistler was frustrated by the inability of mainframe computers to print the specialized phonetic symbols that linguists use. How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates the Effort to Standardize the World’s Alphabets 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But while other dictionary publishers leapt on corpus linguistics, OED editors stuck to what they knew, resisting computerisation and relying on quotation slips and researchers in university libraries. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Shkliarov studied linguistics and politics, then built a career as a consultant helping companies navigate the gulf between Europe and the former Soviet Union. Can Russia have a ‘Bernie’ revolution? A Sanders campaign veteran says he’s trying. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z As Google's conversation and persona design lead, he's an expert in linguistics and prosody, a field that examines the patterns of stress and intonation in language. Google Wants to Give Your Computer a Personality 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In September, Mother Jones reported on a complaint filed by cognitive scientist Celeste Kidd against Florian Jaeger, a linguistics expert at the University of Rochester in New York. Antarctic geologist accused of sexually harassing, assaulting female researchers 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z A percentage of the proceeds goes to support the Script Encoding Initiative, a research project based at Berkeley, which is headed by the linguistics researcher Deborah Anderson, who is devoted to making Unicode truly universal. How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates the Effort to Standardize the World’s Alphabets 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z To get this project off the ground, we enlisted the expertise of experts from fields such as neuroscience, game design, and linguistics. Harnessing Technology and Collaboration for Social Good 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Researchers in the area draw on philosophy, linguistics, computer science and even law and politics in order to get a handle on how debates fit together. The computers being trained to beat you in an argument 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Schindler, a professor of linguistics at the University of Cologne, felt that all the postwar lessons of tolerance and acceptance of her western German upbringing were now suddenly at risk. Far-Right Gains Leave Germans Wondering, What Now? 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Anna Wierzbicka, a linguistics professor at the Australian National University, has said the country’s love affair with such shortenings reflects cherished ideals like “mateship,” humor, informality and a dislike for “long words.” N.F.L., Angela Merkel, Iraqi Kurdistan: Your Monday Briefing 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The Bloomington man, whose parents are Indiana University linguistics professors, tried picking the padlock with a paper clip to no avail. 'Glad to Be Alive.' 19-Year-Old Gets Stuck in Locked Cave for 60 Hours 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The Bloomington man, whose parents are Indiana University linguistics professors, tried picking the padlock with a paper clip – to no avail. Indiana teenager 'glad to be alive' after spending 60 hours locked inside cave 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The protesters had been planning to turn out at Jaeger's undergraduate linguistics class, but another instructor has taken over that class for the rest of the semester. Scientists' sexual-harassment case sparks protests at University of Rochester 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z He studied history and linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, receiving a bachelor of arts in psychology in 1968. He saw a nuclear blast at 9, then spent his life opposing nuclear war and climate change 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Chomsky is considered a pioneer of modern linguistics and a hero to many liberals who admire his political writings. Liberal hero Noam Chomsky joins University of Arizona staff 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z He is considered a pioneer of modern linguistics. World-known Noam Chomsky joins University of Arizona faculty 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Researchers in physics, linguistics, psychology, economics, biology, even music and the arts sought to apply information theory in their disciplines. Profile of Claude Shannon, Inventor of Information Theory 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z To Mukerjee’s point, I might add that there are no poor or marginalized people in the consortium and few from outside the worlds of tech or linguistics. The neoliberal politics of emoji 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Sarah Thomason, a professor of linguistics at the University of Michigan, told me a story, probably apocryphal, set around the turn of the 20th century. The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Chomsky revolutionized the linguistics field by developing the “Chomsky hierarchy,” a grammar concept. Liberal hero Noam Chomsky joins University of Arizona staff 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Such teams have worked on everything from trying to use forensic linguistics to identify the creator of Bitcoin to using the same techniques to trace cybersecurity breaches by identifying hackers' native languages. A Century-Old Abraham Lincoln Mystery May Finally Have an Answer 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Baird became fluent or conversant in 14 languages during his life and wrote several books on linguistics, along with many articles and book reviews. Educator, linguist professor Keith Baird dies in Atlanta 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z “For me there was a lack of evidence,” Ms. Pfeil, 39, a linguistics professor, said. Man Who Pushed Passenger to His Death on Subway Tracks Is Acquitted 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The report was written by group of researchers in the psychology, linguistics and computer science departments at Stanford University, including Jennifer Eberhardt, a psychology professor. Police Are Less Respectful Toward Black Drivers, Report Finds 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z “The opportunity for UA linguistics students to learn from him on a regular basis is simply astounding.” Liberal hero Noam Chomsky joins University of Arizona staff 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Now, a team of forensic linguistics researchers think they have arrived at an answer once and for all. A Century-Old Abraham Lincoln Mystery May Finally Have an Answer 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Set in the near future, Melisandre Stokes, a linguistics and language expert, is approached by the military to translate some old documents. 39 science fiction, fantasy, and horror books to read this June 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “People don’t write, because there is linguistic insecurity,” Madiha Doss, a scholar of Arabic linguistics at Cairo University, told me. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z I even decided on what I want to study in college: linguistics. Readers Tell Us: Is a Gap Year Worth It? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “I want to go into artificial intelligence. I love how they have this really huge interdisciplinary focus — computer science, cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy, mathematics — I just love all those ideas bubbling together.” Quadruplets Offer Colleges Package Deal. Harvard and Yale Buy It. 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z While working, Garfield did a master's degree in library and information science at Columbia University in 1954, and obtained a PhD in structural linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1961. Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Into his own he has crammed nearly every related discipline: evolutionary biology, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence. Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z It ranges across a multitude of disciplines with seemingly effortless scholarship, bringing together a keen understanding of history, anthropology, zoology, linguistics, philosophy, theology, economics, psychology, neuroscience and much else besides. Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s a distancing tactic, says Philip Seargeant, senior lecturer in applied linguistics at the Open University. Donald Trump and the ‘rise’ of scare ‘quotes’ 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Dromerick and his fellow experts, who have not worked with the prisoner, said that given his age and background, if Martinez succeeded in becoming fluent, it would make for an astonishing case study in linguistics. Deaf, mute and accused of murder, an undocumented immigrant has been in legal limbo for 12 years 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z It was the evidence, separately arriving from archaeology, linguistics and genetics, that converged on a common answer. Opinion | How a chain of scientific discovery leads to a history of the universe 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Later, with the help of various academic friends and neighbors, Dennett learned about psychology, computer programming, linguistics, and artificial intelligence—the disciplines that came to form cognitive science. Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Technical fixes in recent years include a universal translator based on computational linguistics, developed to help soldiers communicate with locals in Iraq and Afghanistan; this ultimately proved useless. Military science: Masters of war : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Dennett writes with clarity and ease on neuroscience, chemistry, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, biology and much else. Opinion | How come we have a mind? And how can we even ask or answer this question? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Juliane House, professor of linguistics at Hellenic American University in Athens and the former president of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies, agreed. Translating any text or speech is difficult, she said. ‘Make America big again’? The headache of translating Trump into foreign languages. 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Edward Callary, professor emeritus of linguistics at Northern Illinois University, shares the story with a smile. Wisconsin communities named for diverse places, people 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Zhou was spared mainly because of his friendship with Zhou Enlai, by then China’s premier and who recalled the economist’s fascination with linguistics and Esperanto, the global lingua franca. Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernize China, dies at 111 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Additionally, experts in linguistics and textual analysis say that the composition of text collections like Google Books change over time, confounding attempts to extract chronological patterns. With Shifts in National Mood Come Shifts in Words We Use, Study Suggests 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Adams is up for leading actress for her role in Arrival as a linguistics professor brought in by the US Government to communicate with some alien visitors. Bafta film nominations 2017: Seven things we learned - BBC News 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Mark Liberman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has researched the linguistics of politics, tied the roots of the phrase “The tweet speaks for itself” to Cicero in the first century B.C. 'The tweet speaks for itself' could become a Trump administration motto 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Noam Chomsky, a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had become known, among other things, for anti-Zionist views. Nat Hentoff, journalist who wrote on jazz and civil liberties, dies at 91 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Zhou oversaw a translation of the Encyclopaedia Britannica into Chinese in the mid-1980s and continued publishing books and scholarly articles on linguistics, Confucianism and Chinese history until shortly before his death. Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernize China, dies at 111 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z “In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest unit of the writing system of any given language.” The Bot Politic 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z One of the best is “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, which melds physics and linguistics in a most intelligent way and was the basis of the recent film Arrival. Readers’ books of the year 2016 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z While studying for a linguistics degree, I landed my first proper job at 21, translating for the revered Kommersant business newspaper’s website. A post-Soviet generation endures poverty, chaos, opportunity 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “The goal is for them to learn as much as they would in any cognitive science class or linguistics class,” he says, “but maybe be a little more interested along the way.” Why Swearing Is So *%!&ing Powerful 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Zhou escaped the political purges of the 1950s — he told the Guardian that were it not for his linguistics background, he believed he “could have been imprisoned for 20 years” as an economist. Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernize China, dies at 111 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z No, absolutely not, says Rob Drummond, a senior lecturer in linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. Emoji translator wanted - London firm seeks specialist - BBC News 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Filmmakers were eager to dive into the finer points of linguistics in making “Arrival.” Decoding the linguistic geekiness behind 'Arrival's' sci-fi sheen 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Using psychology and linguistics to brilliant effect, the thinkers these people sponsored found the words and arguments required to turn Hayek’s anthem to the elite into a plausible political programme. Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump’s triumph | George Monbiot 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z “Maybe the appeal of certain frames depends mainly on the real prevailing social conditions at any given moment,” suggests Deborah Cameron, professor of linguistics at the University of Oxford. ‘Make America Great Again’ – why are liberals losing the war of soundbites? 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Deemed a reactionary, he was exiled to the Ningxia region of northwestern China in 1969, where he languished in rice fields before returning home to Beijing and his linguistics work in 1972. Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernize China, dies at 111 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The film follows linguistics professor Louise Banks, played by Amy Adams, after a series of mysterious alien spacecraft suddenly appear in Earth’s skies. For linguists, the new sci-fi film Arrival can't come soon enough 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Actual linguistics isn’t just about holding up some flashcards — it's laborious and not-exactly-cinematic work. Decoding the linguistic geekiness behind 'Arrival's' sci-fi sheen 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z A key plot twist hinges on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of theoretical linguistics — look it up — making this possibly the wonkiest piece of escapism this year. 12 movies worth seeing this holiday season, from Oscar bait to popcorn pleasers 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Banks is a professor of linguistics, but when she shows up to teach, her classroom is almost empty. 'Arrival' is deeply human, expertly realized science fiction 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at University of California, Berkeley, blames Trump’s use of language, which he ranks as among the most violent of any candidate in modern times. 'Go to hell!' A divided America struggles to heal after ugly election 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “The linguistics was very good,” says David Adger, a linguist at Queen Mary University of London who specializes in syntax, the rules that govern sentence structure. For linguists, the new sci-fi film Arrival can't come soon enough 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Many are on theoretical linguistics and the philosophy of mind. Noam Chomsky and the Bicycle Theory 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Much of the problem is a matter of linguistics. What is the protocol if aliens make contact? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Adams' contribution is essential to this plan, especially when you realize that the story is in large part about the nature of language learning and linguistics. 'Arrival' is deeply human, expertly realized science fiction 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Susan Lin, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, performed an audio analysis of Mr. Trump uttering the phrase in September during the first presidential debate. Yes, Trump Really Is Saying ‘Big League,’ Not ‘Bigly,’ Linguists Say 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z A popular linguistics blog has already taken an in-depth look at the contents of Banks’ on-set office, and linguists have started to share their thoughts after attending advanced screenings of the film. For linguists, the new sci-fi film Arrival can't come soon enough 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Where was the study of linguistics then and what did you see that could be done? Noam Chomsky and the Bicycle Theory 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z In some ways linguistics was ahead of the curve, but in many ways it was behind. A world without DNA and black holes: The state of science the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The deeper the European Central Bank gets into markets, the more its success depends on linguistics rather than economics. ECB: Walking the Bond-Market Tightrope 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z I studied a branch of linguistics called onomastics, which involves the history and origin of proper names. A Linguist Who Cracks the Code in Names to Predict Ethnicity 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Linguists also questioned Arrival's perspective on the age-old dispute: What is the place of linguistics in science? For linguists, the new sci-fi film Arrival can't come soon enough 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z At 87, Noam Chomsky, the founder of modern linguistics, remains a vital presence in American intellectual life. Noam Chomsky and the Bicycle Theory 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z But sometimes linguistics moves faster than genetics: The term “gene” was invented in 1909. A world without DNA and black holes: The state of science the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The language also more subtly excluded women, said Robin Lakoff, professor emerita of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, who in 1975 published a groundbreaking book, “Language and Woman’s Place.” What Politicians’ Reactions to the Trump Video Reveal About Sexism 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z A. My degree from Syracuse University was in linguistics. A Linguist Who Cracks the Code in Names to Predict Ethnicity 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z He is an associate professor of linguistics at Texas Tech and a pastor for their congregation, Church Without Religion. Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Explainer Who Stays Above the Storm 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z As a kid, Mercer was taken with computers, and in the 1980s he joined an IBM team that also included Brown, pioneering the field of computational linguistics, the foundation of speech recognition and computer translation. They teamed up to conquer Wall Street. Now, one is bankrolling Clinton and the other Trump 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Western Washington University is known for its linguistics department, and its students are avid learners of world languages. WWU’s new president encourages more students to study abroad 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Chomsky’s theories of universal grammar and recursion are supported by massive evidence and landmarks in modern linguistics and neuroscience. Thoughts on language and Tom Wolfe 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite a long-standing assumption in linguistics that the sounds we pick to signify certain concepts are arbitrary, the researchers argue that at least some associations are more universal than you'd think. A nose by any other name: Biology may affect the way we invent words 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z She discovered to her shock six months after her marriage to Andrew Farley, a linguistics scholar, that he was among the dubious. Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Explainer Who Stays Above the Storm 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Though some of the more esoteric details will mainly reward fans of high-level linguistics, the questions resonate on a broader level too. Exclusive: For director Denis Villeneuve, the sci-fi 'Arrival' brings a new genre to smash 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z This conclusion is important because the study of language plays a central role in diverse disciplines — from poetry to artificial intelligence to linguistics itself; misguided methods lead to questionable results. What’s universal grammar? Evidence rebuts Chomsky’s theory of language learning 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z But Wolfe must be Wolfe, and if that involves smacking evolutionary biology and linguistics on the tuchas, then — potch! — smacked they must be. His white suit unsullied by research, Tom Wolfe tries to take down Charles Darwin and Noam Chomsky 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z It is a lifestyle that generally emerges from a fascination with the past, but then becomes a job that requires research into clothing, linguistics, even the personal history of individuals who are being re-enacted. Expenses can add up for historical re-enactors 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Maybe Donald Trump is a master of subtle linguistics playing a clever game. Word Salad 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z “Trump’s not really able to name what he did wrong,” said Edwin Battistella, author of “Sorry About That: The Language of Public Apology” and a linguistics professor at Southern Oregon University. Trump’s ‘apology’ sounds like a non-apology 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar — famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — has dominated linguistics for almost half a century. What’s universal grammar? Evidence rebuts Chomsky’s theory of language learning 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z But Wolfe’s argument ultimately backfires, for the book grossly distorts the theory of evolution, the claims of linguistics and the controversies about their connection. His white suit unsullied by research, Tom Wolfe tries to take down Charles Darwin and Noam Chomsky 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z I'm at university here - English language and linguistics. In pictures: Fighting the flab - BBC News 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has been tracking the trend for decades. Public Schools? To Kansas Conservatives, They’re ‘Government Schools’ 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z He studied English at New York University, where he met Adelaide Elizabeth Farrell, known as Heidi, who was starting graduate linguistics study. Alvin Toffler, author of best-selling ‘Future Shock’ and ‘The Third Wave,’ dies at 87 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z So how did we get to here, where a consumer needs a linguistics degree to parse the minuscule differences between “Best by” and “Best before?” The simple labeling update that could prevent millions of tons of food from going in the trash 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Charles F. Jones, 63, an associate professor of English and linguistics at George Mason University, died April 5 at a hospital in Fairfax County. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “But where there is a debate in linguistics is between stronger and weaker versions of that hypothesis.” The Glossary of Happiness 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z A presidential candidate wants to be understood by all voters, from immigrants whose first language isn’t English to those with advanced degrees in linguistics. Donald Trump speaks like a sixth-grader. All politicians should. 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z In 2007, a linguistics professor from the University of Pennsylvania, Mark Liberman, wrote about moist in exploring the concept of word aversion. We Know You Hate ‘Moist.’ What Other Words Repel You? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s the creation of Marc Okrand, who taught linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the 1970s. Klingon legal brief says a language can’t be owned 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Robin Lakoff, a linguistics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, says that “female” has always been a bad word, “maybe it’s just now becoming more explicitly recognized.” 'Female' Is Now a Dirty Word 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z “And you have wiggle room because a first principle in linguistics is that the sign is arbitrary, which means there is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaning.” In Scrap-Metal Market, Buyers Have to Tell ‘Darth’ From ‘Vader’ 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z A native of Menomonie, Bjornerud originally thought she would study linguistics in college, but the practical uses and the philosophical aspects of geology piqued her interest in that introductory class. Accidental geologist is Wisconsin Fellow 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “All minority languages are declining,” said Sorace, professor of developmental linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. The Sardinian professor fighting to save Gaelic – and all Europe’s minority tongues 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Bob Kennedy, a linguistics lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has studied sports language, said that President George W. Bush was similarly underestimated, as was the former vice president Dan Quayle. There Will Never Be Another Yogi Berra, and Alex Rodriguez Is It 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z The university linguistics professor was arrested one October morning in 1935, denounced as an "enemy of the people". Russia USSR: New plaques mark Stalin's victims - BBC News 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Prof Minsky's ideas and influence were wide-ranging - from computational linguistics, mathematics and robotics - but underpinning it all was a desire, in his own words, "to impart to machines the human capacity for commonsense reasoning". AI pioneer Marvin Minsky dies aged 88 - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z But on Friday, attendees instead indulged in Yiddish theater workshops, linguistics lectures and the chance to commune with others determined to preserve a language in eclipse. A Festival of Language for the Good of Yiddish 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z In the teeth of raging protests that had already claimed the scalps of his two immediate predecessors, a linguistics professor named S.I. The Craven Cry for ‘Civility’ 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z “I’ve taken great pleasure in programs that do remarkable things,” Mercer said in the speech he gave last year when he received an award for computational linguistics. How a reclusive computer programmer became a GOP money powerhouse 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z He enrolled in a new major called Symbolic Systems, a combination of philosophy, linguistics, psychology, and computer science. LinkedIn’s Plan for World Domination 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Three weeks earlier, Moore had won an Academy Award for her performance in “Still Alice,” a movie about a high-flying middle-aged linguistics professor who is in the process of losing her memory. Julianne Moore, Beauty and a Beast 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z “Some of my friends are in the war right now,” said Liza Kolsnyk, 18, a linguistics student from Kiev, Ukraine. Shutting down summer: A beach town’s shift from crazy to quiet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In 2015, computers aren’t so bad at understanding language,” explains Christopher Manning, a professor of computer science and linguistics at Stanford. Inside the surprisingly high-stakes quest to design a computer program that ‘gets’ sarcasm online 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z To this heady cocktail of puzzles, maths, engineering, physics, linguistics and popular culture is added one more vital ingredient - complete freedom to tackle the challenge any way that people want. The man making puzzles for hackers - BBC News 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z When he accepted the ACL Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of computational linguistics last year, Mercer told the audience his speech would be quite a challenge. Ted Cruz's litigious hedge fund backer emerges as top 2016 donor 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, My Fair Lady tells the story of Cockney flower girl Doolittle who is transformed into an upper-class lady by linguistics professor Henry Higgins. Dame Julie Andrews to direct production of My Fair Lady - BBC News 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z At the center of the history is a raging debate over prescriptive vs. descriptive linguistics: Should grammar guides tell people how to speak or reflect the way they already do? The evolution of American grammar from Noah Webster to the digital age 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded in 1861, is traditionally known for its research and education in the physical sciences and engineering, and more recently in biology, economics, linguistics, and management as well. College Rankings: What Gets Schools To The Top? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z But social media are already being used as a new type of data source by contemporary scholars in various disciplines: political science, sociology, linguistics, communication science, geography, physics, computer science and many more. How Future Historians Might Use Your Tweets 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The LTI does research on speech recognition and speech synthesis, machine translation, computational linguistics, search engines, text mining, and language tutoring systems. Latest Language Tech Innovations Come From Synergies Among Entrepreneurs, Academics And Pittsburgh 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z |
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