Nemeski@lemm.ee · 7 days agoGenomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years agoplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkGenomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years agoplus-squarephys.orgNemeski@lemm.ee · 7 days agomessage-square6fedilink
mapto@masto.bg · 13 days agoAs English as you can get in America... and probably around the worldplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 15 days agoThe surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use languageplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkThe surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use languageplus-squarewww.bbc.comkoavf@lemmy.ml · 15 days agomessage-square1fedilink
fossilesqueMEnglish · 17 days agoThere’s a Word for That: Can language describe everything we feel—and should it?plus-squarewww.bostonreview.netexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
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Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish · edit-220 days agoSocial media is changing the way you talk - Adam Aleksic's TEDx Talkplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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fossilesqueMEnglish · 1 month agoAncient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’splus-squarewww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
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conlangliker862@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 month agoThe Syntax of Natural Language [book]plus-squarescholarship.claremont.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
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fossilesqueMEnglish · 1 month agoAncient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Familyplus-squarehms.harvard.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
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Lvxferre [he/him]M · edit-21 month ago[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changesplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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Lvxferre [he/him]MEnglish · 1 month agoHumpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human languageplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month agobro wake up, seven new laryngeals have droppedplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1imagebro wake up, seven new laryngeals have droppedplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comantonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoThe Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Lifeplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down15
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoStares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cowsplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
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Lvxferre [he/him]MEnglish · 2 months agoMissing link in Indo-European languages' history foundplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
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Binette@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoHow similar are expressions and memes?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareHow similar are expressions and memes?plus-squareBinette@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
Eccentric@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actuallyplus-squarewww.independent.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down12
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-link(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actuallyplus-squarewww.independent.orgEccentric@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
koavf@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoHow Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?plus-squarewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
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mapto@feddit.bgEnglish · 3 months agoA competition on word disambiguationplus-squareprojects.sketchengine.euexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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Lvxferre [he/him]MEnglish · 3 months agoGenetic evidence points towards the Italo-Celtic and Graeco-Armenian hypothesesplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-23 months agoHow W. Labov used a bunny to examine children's language abilitiesplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down14
arrow-up1340arrow-down1imageHow W. Labov used a bunny to examine children's language abilitiesplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comantonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-23 months agomessage-square29fedilink
