Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM · edit-212 days agoSmall discussions thread - 2025/Apr/04plus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up118
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 8 hours agoLanguage Log » Are all writing systems equally easy / hard?plus-squarelanguagelog.ldc.upenn.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 11 days agoBonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humansplus-squarewww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up152
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 days agoLongest Known Inscription in the Undeciphered Linear A Script of Minoan civilization, Found on an Ivory Scepter in Knossosplus-squarewww.labrujulaverde.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up153
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 days agoLanguage Science Press: "Negation in English and other languages" by Otto Jespersenplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115
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Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 17 days agoWhy YouTubers (and AI) get these English features wrong [weak forms and deaccenting]plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up112
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Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 17 days agoThe etymology of fencing was a tradeplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up131
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Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 17 days agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up146
arrow-up146external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityplus-squarephys.orgZagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square11fedilink
IndigoGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago(Meta) Regular small questions threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114message-square(Meta) Regular small questions threadplus-squareIndigoGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square9fedilink
Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish · 21 days agoTo the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarinplus-squarenews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126external-linkTo the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarinplus-squarenews.mit.eduTony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Nemeski@lemm.ee · 1 month agoGenomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years agoplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkGenomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years agoplus-squarephys.orgNemeski@lemm.ee · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
mapto@masto.bg · 1 month agoAs English as you can get in America... and probably around the worldplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareAs English as you can get in America... and probably around the worldplus-squaremapto@masto.bg · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoThe surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use languageplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkThe surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use languageplus-squarewww.bbc.comkoavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 1 month agoThere’s a Word for That: Can language describe everything we feel—and should it?plus-squarewww.bostonreview.netexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkThere’s a Word for That: Can language describe everything we feel—and should it?plus-squarewww.bostonreview.netfossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish · edit-21 month agoSocial media is changing the way you talk - Adam Aleksic's TEDx Talkplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkSocial media is changing the way you talk - Adam Aleksic's TEDx Talkplus-squarewww.youtube.comDeebster@infosec.pubEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months agoAncient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’splus-squarewww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkAncient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’splus-squarewww.science.orgfossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
conlangliker862@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoThe Syntax of Natural Language [book]plus-squarescholarship.claremont.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkThe Syntax of Natural Language [book]plus-squarescholarship.claremont.educonlangliker862@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months agoAncient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Familyplus-squarehms.harvard.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkAncient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Familyplus-squarehms.harvard.edufossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM · edit-22 months ago[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changesplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-square[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changesplus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM · edit-22 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months agoHumpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human languageplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkHumpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human languageplus-squarephys.orgLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
