linguistics

Most Interesting Linguistic Phenomena

Rules of language are extensive and weird. …

December 15, 2023

Anthropology is one of the most popular majors in the US, but the specifics of the field are a mystery to most people.…

September 8, 2023

AAVE has not only been stolen and absorbed into mainstream slang, but also used against the African American community in political rhetoric.…

December 13, 2022

The art of constructing a language adds an extra dimension to world-building and allows deeper immersion into books, films and games.…

February 16, 2021

Cryptic terms and complicated processes can obscure how power is actually exercised in this country, and make politics inaccessible to the public.…

July 16, 2020

Gretchen McCulloch shows readers that there’s more to internet language than you think.…

August 7, 2019