Derek Denis, right, an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto, with his research assistant Tim Gadanidis in Whitehorse. They're in the Yukon this week as part of an ongoing ...

From "yeet" to "social distancing," new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The 22nd International Linguistics Olympiad got underway at National Taiwan University on Monday. During the opening ceremony, Deputy Education Minister Chu Chun-chang (朱俊彰) ...

Linguists say this joyful weirdness isn’t random—it’s rooted in how humans build bonds, play with sound, and treat animals like family. Linguists are uncovering how pet nicknames tap into deep ...

Jonathan Kasstan receives funding from the British Academy. Michelle Sheehan receives funding from The British Academy and The Leverhulme Trust. Anna D. Havinga does not work for, consult, own shares ...

Psychology of Language (LING 315) is an introductory course in psycholinguistics. Students learn to examine how language production and comprehension happen in the human mind. The course attracts many ...

A famous British writer is revealed to be the author of an obscure mystery novel. An immigrant is granted asylum when authorities verify he wrote anonymous articles critical of his home country. And a ...

'Instant Scholar' is a Times of India initiative to make academic research accessible to a wider audience. If you are a Ph.D. scholar and would like to publish a summary of your research in this ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Anaphora resolution in machine translation involves two aspects: (1) the identification of the antecedent, i.e., the determination of ...

The University of Illinois Chicago may be dissolving its School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics in the coming weeks and terminating all of the school’s nontenured faculty at the end ...

The next time you want to send an emoji in a text message, stop, think and consider any possible consequences of the one you choose. Dr Zakeera Docrat, a forensic and legal linguist and current post ...