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Learning Klingon or Esperanto: What Invented Languages Can Teach Us

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:09:12 +0000

NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist studies the people who invent new tongues. Most languages develop through centuries of

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:08:39 +0000

Cultures around the world say ‘thank you’ in many different ways. Introduction Families and friends traditionally gather to

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:37:54 +0000

Languages, like genes, are also ‘documents of history’. Abstract Historical inference is at its most powerful when independent

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:37:38 +0000

The public is finally realizing what antifascists have warned for years: these symbols are rooted in American culture.

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:37:22 +0000

Ancient epic poetry and modern films share an affinity for dressing up brutal deaths with rhetorical flair. Introduction

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:37:07 +0000

Old symbols, gestures and other images are rapidly acquiring new, hateful associations. The “OK” hand gesture, commonly seen

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:36:51 +0000

After the Norman invasion of 1066, English went into decline as a written language. English is full of

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:36:29 +0000

As political parties spar, insults and catchphrases are adopted, appropriated, and reappropriated in a dizzying verbal arms race.

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:17:39 +0000

Englishman Samuel Johnson’s work helped define the English language for readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Last

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:17:21 +0000

A proto-language is a linguistic reconstruction formulated by applying the comparative method to a group of languages featuring