Keyword "Linguistics" - List of latest news (58 results)

08:11 Enough Is Enuf by Gabe Henry review – the battle to reform English spelling

Philadelphia’s Speling Reform Asoshiashun wasn’t the only group to demand a simpler way of putting things in print

12/04 Bonkers for Britishisms: the UK terms Americans have embraced

Researchers have catalogued the British words and phrases most used in US conversation, sparking delight and frustration

12/04 Viral through songs, what does the word Stecu mean and is it possible to enter KBBI?

On social media is viral with a song called "Stecu" sung by Faris Adam. What does the word Stecu mean and can you enter the KBBI?

11/04 Do Inuit languages really have many words for snow? The most interesting finds from our study of 616 languages

Can you guess which languages score the highest for terms relating to ‘love’, ‘death’, ‘canoe’ or ‘sheep’? We made a tool to help you explore our extensive dataset.

03/04 The 5 African countries with the highest number of English speakers

There are about two dozen African countries where English is spoken as an official language.

26/03 Al -Azhar refers Mabrouk Attia to the investigation

Alsumaria News - International Al -Azhar University decided to refer Dr. Mabrouk Attia, a professor of full -time linguistics at the College of Islamic and Arab Studies for Boys in Cairo, to the investigation, against the backdrop of his Ramadan program, “Kalam Mabrouk”, which is shown on social media platforms.

05/03 No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-word

Singer Miriana Conte told to change title and lyrics owing to suggestive play on Maltese word for ‘singing’

11/02 South Africa’s history uncovered: the 1,000-year gap they don’t teach in school

Between the 10th and 15th centuries, the gold market boomed, especially in Egypt, Persia, India and China. Southern Africa played a crucial role in meeting demand.

11/02 The Language Group recognized its forty -year book award for its nominees

TEHRAN- IRNA- The candidates for the "Language" Group were nominated by the Secretariat of the 40th Book of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

07/02 ‘Embrace the pause’: vocal coaches on the tips they give politicians

Prime minister was coached for five years before entering No 10 – and he’s not the only high-profile politician who has had support

20/01 Viktor Orbán was not accepted as a first name, but Lackó passed the filter

In 2024, the specialists of the Linguistics Research Center had to decide on a total of 551 name requests, but only 66 new names were registered.

19/01 Local dialects of Isfahan, a treasure in danger of being forgotten

Isfahan - IRNA - The local dialects and dialects that have represented the identity and culture of the people of Isfahan province for centuries are being forgotten in today's world, and if this trend continues, many of them will disappear in the near future.

15/01 90s movie icon looks unrecognisable in rare outing

A ’90s movie icon looks unrecognisable 32 years after co-starring alongside Tom Cruise in a hit film.

20/12 ‘Crudest‘ word now suddenly everywhere

There’s a scene in the popular recent New Zealand series After the Party that’s so shocking, it makes you rewind and check you heard correctly.

09/12 ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year: ‘Something everyone agrees on’

The premier US dictionary’s pick, based on search traffic, reflects a year of political and celebrity division

30/11 Staggering 520 languages spoken in one African country - list of top nations

Nine languages are lost every year globally - but more than 500 languages are still alive in one African country home to 223 million people.

27/11 Map Shows Different Ways States Say Thanksgiving

Are you "Thanks-GIV-ing" type, or more of a THANKSgiving person?

06/11 Fascinating! Saarbrücken Star Trek fan sings cover song in Klingon

The Klingon expert Lieven L. Litaer from Saarbrücken has reinterpreted the hit “We Got the Moves” by the “Electric Callboys” in the Star Trek language.

01/11 Charli xcx fans rejoice: ‘Brat’ chosen as Collins word of the year

A new definition of the word was sparked by the pop star’s summer album title, and made it a term that ‘resonated with people globally’, the dictionary says

12/09 Acceptance of the first Master's course in Computational Linguistics in Irandak

Tehran- IRNA- The admission of the first master's course of Iranian Information Science and Technology Research Institute (Irandoc) in the field of computational linguistics has started.

14/08 Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds

The Harris campaign has yet to put a full stop to the issue, which has riled up social media users

09/08 10 countries with the most English speakers - the UK only comes in fourth

Despite being the birthplace of the English language, the UK ranks fourth when it comes to having the most English-speaking people in the world.

25/07 ‘The ick’, ‘boop’ and ‘chef’s kiss’ added to Cambridge Dictionary

A phrase popularised by Love Island joins more than 3,200 other entries relating to online gaming, parcel thefts and more

25/07 Berlin: Restaurateurs are not allowed to call Asian food “exotic”.

Is the word “exotic” too exotic for the language police? The Berlin Senate is warning a restaurateur to stop using the term.

25/07 According to the Berlin advertising agency: Wirt is not allowed to call Asian food “exotic”.

Is the word “exotic” too exotic for the language police? The Berlin Senate is warning a restaurateur to stop using the term.

10/07 Innovations in spelling: Yogurt and Frigidär no longer exist and neither does Polonäse

The German Spelling Council has once again published new rules. Yogurt becomes yoghurt again and tuna becomes tuna. But not everything changes, in one point the language guardians are explicitly sticking to the traditional.

12/06 African elephants address one another with name-like calls − similar to humans

Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.

03/06 When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa

The first speech sounds were uttered about 70,000 years ago and not hundreds of thousands of years ago as is sometimes claimed.

30/05 Fewer pupils study drama and media at GCSE and A-level

Figures for England also show statistics, computing, physics and maths have risen in popularity

20/05 The big idea: the simple trick that can sabotage your critical thinking

Influencers and politicians use snappy cliches to get you on side – but you can fight fire with fire

19/05 Readers reply: what was humanity’s first word?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

08/05 British insults such as berk, nitwit and plonker in danger of dying out

Great British insults such as berk, nitwit, pillock and plonker are set to die out because younger generations haven't even heard of them.

20/04 ‘I Gullah Geechee, too’: the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive

Sunn m’Cheaux and Akua Page teach Gullah language and culture from juvenile incarceration facilities to Harvard

28/03 Trekkie fan from Saarbrücken: language genius with Klingon gene

Saarbrücken (Saarland) – Klingon has been part of the Star Trek universe for 40 years. Lieven L. Litaer (44) from Saarbrücken speaks the artificial language fluently.

27/03 The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words

More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer is also included

04/03 Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language

Although not a true sign language, the use of sign in Dune can still teach us a lesson about the value of sign language.

19/02 What are Sabaki languages? How people formed ethnic groups along the coast of east Africa

The history of the coastal communities of east Africa shows how ethnic groups and their languages were shaped.

04/02 The population census counted six extinct and dormant languages ​​in Russia

The Russian population census conducted in 2021 indicated five extinct languages ​​and one that had fallen asleep, RAS scientists reported after analyzing the census. Linguists clarify that since the beginning of the 20th century, 15 languages ​​have disappeared from Russia.

25/01 Of course we should let the children play, but should we let them swear as well? | Emma Brockes

A teacher told off a seven-year-old boy in the US for saying ‘Jesus Christ’. Should we care, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

06/01 Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim

Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

11/12 Why do languages ​​sound louder in warm regions?

Quiet north, loud south: the physics of air influences speaking and hearing. This makes languages ​​sound louder in tropical countries. People in cold air, on the other hand, communicate more quietly.

08/12 Folk music stars join protests over plans to axe Gaelic at Aberdeen University

‘Staggering act of cultural vandalism’ is part of proposals to cut degree courses in modern languages

26/11 Making small talk was a struggle at first, but now try shutting me up | Michael Hogan

US students are relearning how to chitchat after lockdown damaged social skills. Maybe Rishi Sunak could take a course

21/11 Words fail us, and this writer knows it. How she is bringing people to the (grammar) table

Ellen Jovin has been to all 50 states, setting up a table to talk about grammar, usage and language. Her mission: to make learning fun and engaging.

19/11 Gaelic Scrabble launched to help keep declining language alive in Scotland

New edition of board game will be released in time for Christmas, following versions in Welsh, Irish, Latin, Icelandic and Faroese

15/11 ‘Hallucinate’ chosen as Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year

The psychological verb gained an extra meaning in 2023 that ‘gets to the heart of why people are talking about artificial intelligence’

01/11 ‘AI’ named most notable word of 2023 by Collins dictionary

Chosen from a list that includes ‘greedflation’, ‘nepo baby’ and ‘deinfluencing’, use of term has quadrupled this year

15/09 The present tense is perfect English for history, sports commentary – and jokes | Letter

Letters: Linguistics professor John O’Regan on history written in the present tense, and Simon Allen on other documentary annoyances

13/09 Porn addicts, vicars, madmen and murderers: Sarah Ogilvie on the Oxford English Dictionary’s unlikely writers

In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth

10/09 Brits have a rich swearing heritage. Let’s follow Gillian Keegan’s lead, FFS | Ian Martin

Post-Brexit politics is shameless, amoral and venal, so perhaps MPs’ language should match our torrid times

26/08 What is the oldest language? Endangered and extinct languages, explained.

What is the oldest language in the world? Well, it depends. Scholars debate how to determine when a language began: when it was written, or spoken?

08/08 The Guardian view on language apps: a reminder that millions aspire to be mutilingual | Editorial

Editorial: Computer tutors such as Duolingo may may not create polyglots, but they are a lesson to all who think language teaching is not valued

07/08 Umlungu: the colourful history of a word used to describe white people in South Africa

The word shows that language isn’t static, it evolves to reflect developments in a society.

02/06 Mum mocked for baby name selection

A UK content creator and new mum is sharing the baby names she loved, but didn’t end up choosing for her little girl - and TikTok hasn’t been kind.

17/04 A new start after 60: I don’t like being defeated – so at 71, I learned Welsh

It’s not easy to find Welsh speakers in Ohio, but Dafydd Jones was determined to learn the language of his parents and connect with his homeland 3,800 miles away

04/03 English is pants when it comes to describing solitary drinking | Tim Adams

Don’t believe it if you think that ours is the last word in language

22/01 Readers reply: why is the surname Farmer uncommon when there were so many farmers for so long?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

17/01 ‘Queen’ is UK children’s word of the year for 2022

Almost half of the children surveyed by Oxford University Press chose ‘Queen’ as their top word, with ‘happy’ and ‘chaos’ in second and third place