Tag: Linguistics
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...
Why do people have slips of the tongue?
Cecile McKee, University of Arizona
Have you visited Yew Nork? Does your stummy ache? What dog of bag food...
AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning – and raising...
Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University and Pablo Contreras Kallens, Cornell University
Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most...
When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique...
Richard Futrell, University of California, Irvine
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
How ‘gate’ became the syllable of scandal
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into...
Got Zoom fatigue? Out-of-sync brainwaves could be another reason videoconferencing is...
Julie Boland, University of Michigan
During the pandemic, video calls became a way for me to connect with my...
Why do couples use baby talk with one another?
Ramesh Kaipa, Oklahoma State University
Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....
