Elon Musk’s personal Twitter account is often cause for controversy.
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Elon Musk has a habit of making up words – but his use of language holds more clues to his ambitions than his tongue-in-cheek tweets may suggest.
A sign encourages people to vote in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.
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The use of ‘y'all’ has often been seen as vulgar, low-class and uncultured. That’s starting to change.
A dog sports teal Zali Steggall merch during the election campaign.
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Surprisingly, Macquarie’s list of the words of 2022 hasn’t highlighted the war in Ukraine or climate change. It embraced Australian political terms, while the people chose the ‘bachelor’s handbag’.
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Linguistic analysis shows that activists and politicians have very different messages when it comes to the environment.
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New research suggests countries with cosmopolitan values may be more likely to
shift towards democracy, but democratic institutions can’t endure without sustained
efforts to promote such values.
The folded paper decorated with messages, numbers and fortunes printed under the flaps can spark conversation at gatherings or be given as a birthday card.
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How to make a ‘fortune teller’ or ‘chatterbox’ with children, and why the paper activity targets many developmental domains at once.
Is living in a language-rich world enough to teach a child grammatical language?
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Linguists have long considered grammar to be the glue of language, and key to how children learn it. But new prose-writing AIs suggest language experience may be more important than grammar.
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Research into Chinese peer to peer lending data shows that borrowers from regions with more minority dialects receive smaller loans.
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About two students in 30 will have developmental language disorder, making it as common as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and much more common than autism.
When politicians swear we might think they’re simply overcome with emotion. But there’s often more going on behind the language they use.
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Politicians dropping the f-bomb tend to be seen as acting out of emotion, but the way we use taboo language is often about what we can accomplish by violating rules.
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Throughout Europe, the new king’s name has been translated (or not) in many different ways.
Even one of the UK’s most famous couples isn’t free from accent discrimination.
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People change their accents for many reasons, but it doesn’t necessarily protect them from accentism.
‘Latine’ is much more adaptable to the Spanish language.
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Some Spanish-speaking activists are already using a different gender-inclusive term, arguing it’s a better replacement for Latinx.
It is not just the number of words that children hear that is important — the quality of the language children hear also matters.
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Given the clear importance of language skills for lifelong outcomes, it is critical to set children up early for language success.
Psychologists aren’t sure which factors drive students to form specific academic identities, but these identities can affect career choices.
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Students are less likely to think they can be good at both math and reading as they get closer to high school.
Bottlenose dolphins are extremely social animals that communicate constantly.
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Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles like names and hold mental representations of other dolphins in their minds.
Not every ‘expert’ has the expertise to back up their argument.
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How to use language clues to see through someone’s ‘expert’ facade.
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Interpreters and translators enjoy rock star status in some countries, why are they invisible in Australia?
Humans are the only animals that express their thoughts in full sentences.
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A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.
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The grammar of persuasion can be subtle – but pro-lockdown tweeters tended to be more direct and less conciliatory than those they opposed.