Tag: Linguistics
Are you really in love? How expanding your love lexicon can...
Georgi Gardiner, University of Tennessee
What is love? Could those feelings you label as love be something else?
‘Thirst trap’ and ‘edgelord’ were recently added to the dictionary –...
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
A student in my graduate seminar recently mentioned seeing her “niblings” at Thanksgiving....
Why some people talk very fast and others … take …...
Michelle Devereaux, Kennesaw State University and Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University
Pop culture abounds with examples of very...
To have better disagreements, change your words – here are 4...
Julia Minson, Harvard Kennedy School
Your 18-year-old daughter announces she’s in love, dropping out of college and moving to...
What is that voice in your head when you read?
Beth Meisinger, University of Memphis and Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
Curious Kids is...
What is ‘algospeak’? Inside the newest version of linguistic subterfuge
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
A linguistic arms race is raging online – and it isn’t clear who’s...
Do accents disappear?
Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University and Michelle Devereaux, Kennesaw State University
In Boston, there are reports of people...
Everyday African American Vernacular English is a dialect born from conflict...
Walter Edwards, Wayne State University
Dr. Walter Edwards is a professor of linguistics at Wayne State University, Michigan, where...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
