Human language born from ape gestures 
"Human language may have evolved from the use of gestures by our ape ancestors, and not just from primitive vocalisations, according to a new study."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info savelinguistics
Human language born from ape gestures
Fun With Words: Contronyms
The word contronym (also the synonym antagonym) is used to refer to words that, are their own antonyms. Both contronym and antagonym are neologisms; however, there is no alternative term that is more
>30 days ago by qubit, 2 Users, more info saveWhy do we say 'um', 'er', or 'ah' when we hesitate in s ...
Why do we say 'um', 'er', or 'ah' when we hesitate in speaking? Umm ... By Dr Stephen Juan Published Saturday 6th May 2006 22:23 GMT Find your perfect job - click here for thousands of tech vacancies.
>30 days ago by ikepigott, 1 User, more info saveGeorge Lakoff dissects conservative vocabulary
More good stuff than you can shake a stick at...even local library lookups!
>30 days ago by Bren, 1 User, more info saveRussian speakers get the blues
"This is the first time that evidence has been offered to show cross-linguistic differences in colour perception in an objective task..." Interesting implications.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHow Listeners Perceive Verbs
"The verb forms the heart of a sentence. Although a lot of research has been done into the role that verbs play during the transfer of information, less is known about exactly how and when the li
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveYntrodxkshxn tu Nuspelynh
"...the line between genius parody and stupidity is so blurred on this one, I'm not going to hazard a guess as to whether it's exclusively one or the other..." Me neither, but if it's for re
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGender Difference in Grammar
"Men and women may process words differently because of different levels of the hormone estrogen, which is much higher in females and affects brain processing, according to Ullman."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhat you speak may affect what you hear
"People perceive different patterns in the same sound sequences depending on their native tongue, researchers have found."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveOnline Etymology Dictionary
"This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago." How have I fai
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 3 Users, more info saveNon-Errors
"Those usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are actually standard in English." Slight US bias, but an interesting read for fans of precision in the English language.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveUnconcious automatic translation detected
Even fluent bilingual speakers of a language acquired beyond adolescence subconsciously resort to their native language, in a sort of 'unconscious instant translation service'.
>30 days ago by tuuli85, 1 User, more info saveA Reporter at Large: The Interpreter: Reporting & E ...
>30 days ago by tuuli85, 1 User, more info saveLatin Phrases - A list of Latin phrases, Latin mottos, ...
>30 days ago by ribbity, 1 User, more info saveLinguists seek a time when we spoke as one - USATODAY.c ...
>30 days ago by Davezilla, 1 User, more info saveWiktionaryZ
a collaborative project to produce a free, multilingual resource in every language, with lexicological, terminological and thesaurus information. WiktionaryZ is also the first implementation of the Wi
>30 days ago by qubit, 1 User, more info saveRuby Linguistics
This is a generic, language-neutral framework for extending Ruby objects with linguistic methods.
>30 days ago by qubit, 1 User, more info saveElephant 2000
A Programming Language Based on Speech Acts
>30 days ago by qubit, 1 User, more info saveShibboleth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is just a damn good article. Loves it.
>30 days ago by taber, 1 User, more info save
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