"Linguistics" Blogs & Blog Posts

There's a new op-ed in The New York Times from Noam Chomsky and two of his academic colleagues — Dr. Ian Roberts, a linguistics professor at University of Cambridge, and Dr. Jeffrey Watumull, a philosopher who is also the director of artificial int...

These days, social media is a minefield for photos of couples. With every scroll there’s yet another shot of some of the dullest heterosexuals you know positioned like a pair of mannequins at a wedding reception or a concert and accompanied by a ca...

Whether you’re speaking with your colleagues in a meeting, or firing off one last email before lunch, if you work in an office environment, chances are you utilize certain words or phrases that you wouldn’t necessarily use in your personal life.

“Sir” has traditionally been considered a term of respect for a man, especially a man of higher rank or authority. “Ma’am” has been used since the 1600s for “women of superior status.” But what was once considered a respectful way to ad...

HBO’s TV adaptation of the zombie-ridden, post-apocalyptic The Last of Us video game has dominated our Sunday nights as of late, not in small part because of the unlikely duo at its center: 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and the survivalist savv...

If you, like me, are spending Valentine’s Day consciously uncoupled, please join me in one of my favorite possible ways to pass the time: the beloved, hypothetical, and extremely metaphorical game of Fuck-Marry-Kill, in which we preside over the im...

As Sam Smith has made clear in their latest music video, they’re “Not Here To Make Friends.” They’re here to have lots of queer sex—and that’s very upsetting to some people, apparently.Read more...