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From the blog of Ivan Bassov at The Times of Israel

#gender systems #Hebrew #Ukrainian #Turkish

A new study uses deep linear networks to prove that language undergoes iterated learning to become structured and learnable.

#language acquisition #language change #neural networks #AI

(via The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews)

#Cherokee #Bible translation

The Swedish government recently announced it was moving from the classroom use of digital devices back to physical books. It cited concerns over declining test scores and increasing screen time.

#reading comprehension #computers

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell genes for foraging, while farmers' olfactory receptors evolved alongside agriculture.

#human evolution #linguistic relativity #gene studies #olfaction

How did Enron traders manipulate trust? A new study reveals the linguistic moves—bond, build, confide, probe, and repair—used to foster corruption and collusion.

#sociolinguistics #forensic linguistics

The meaning behind Teotihuacan’s enigmatic symbols is finally coming to light, revealing new evidence of an early Uto-Aztecan writing system.

#decipherment #Uto-Aztecan

Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".

#Old English #pronouns

Research on the origins of the ancient Egyptian language suggests deep links to migration, desertification and cultural contact.

#Egyptian #language contact

Is wit a sign of evolutionary fitness? A new study explores how "quick-wittedness" and ancient verb-noun compounds shaped the evolution of human grammar through sexual selection. Learn how "killjoys" helped build the human brain.

#origins of language

With artificial intelligence (AI) as an essential tool, San Diego State University researchers have discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Their study suggests that the Armenian alphabet may be more closely related in structure to the ancient Ethiopic writing system than linguists and historians previously thought. The paper is published in the journal Digital Scholarship in the Humanities.

#writing systems

Researchers discover that the brain proactively builds sentence structures during speech using predictive processing, explaining why second-language listening is difficult.

#neurolinguistics #sentence processing

#language & ethics #bilingualism

Did Music Give Rise to Language?: An interview with a music cognition researcher about the evolutionary roots of music

#language & music

Linguists say reaction to Irish TD’s remarks reflects shared regional English roots and enduring impact of empire

#dialectology #colonialism

Some of didn't realize that we had an accent, let alone a Rocky Mountain Accent. But apparently, there is one. Whether its a Rocky Mountain country

#dialectology

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

#language & sexuality

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