#linguistics

#linguistics

Aleksic identifies terms like 'seggs' and 'unalive' as part of a linguistic trend called algospeak, representing inventive workarounds for discussing sensitive topics online.

In examining the term tì 弟/悌 from a linguistic perspective, one may observe that its original meaning as 'humbly respectful' evolved significantly over time.

Ewald Flügel, a determined scholar, laid the groundwork for the Middle English Dictionary, an invaluable resource that now serves medievalists globally.

"What happens is over time, we have people come in and they bring a bit of a language they have here, so a lot of things that were Dutch have become Americanized, which means they lost some of the Dutch color," explained Mitchell Moss, a linguistics expert at New York University.

The research found Australians were more restrained online, coming only third in the swearing stakes after the UK and the US.

In many fictional works, invented languages often mimic human language structures, featuring nouns and verbs, thus showcasing our linguistic biases and limitations in creativity.

Almost every second person on Earth speaks Indo-European, highlighting its global prevalence and the significance of this language family in human communication and evolution.

One crucial finding of our study indicates that children associate the middle-class SSBE accent with intelligence, while they perceive the Yorkshire accent as lacking cleverness.

The human brain routinely performs complex computations to understand language, demonstrating how it adapts processing methods based on fundamental grammatical differences across languages.

Chinese characters, contrary to popular belief, are not merely pictures; they predominantly represent distinct morphemes, revealing a complex language system that goes back centuries.

The so-called 'Fortnite accent' reflects a specific energetic, high-pitched speech style that conveys excitement and functioning as a distinctive social language among players.

This field isn't large, with just 20 or 30 scholars participating in research, but it was the subject of a November 2024 workshop entitled Exploring Xenolinguistics.

The criticism of Mark McGowan's Kriol language use underscores a broader misunderstanding of nonstandard dialects like Kriol and Ebonics, which are valid linguistic forms.

Cyffer pointed out that despite having a comparable number of speakers to Finnish, Kanuri "remains neglected in academic research." This highlights the disparities in linguistic study.

Pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid, and often produced with a wide-open mouth.

The expression 'J'en ai marre' literally means 'I'm fed up' and captures a quintessentially French way to express frustration informally, yet politely.

The word of the day is 'Hector', which means to intimidate or harass. Participants are invited to find 19 or more words within it.