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Articles related to linguistics

Browse: The Hardest Word
Tim Hannan
Linguistic analysis can distinguish between genuine and falsified expressions of remorse.
 The Fit: The Language of Disease
Tim Olds
What if doctors could diagnose disease by what you wrote on Facebook and Twitter?
Neuropsy: The Streep Effect
Tim Hannan
Is Foreign Accent Syndrome the result of brain trauma or stress, or not even a foreign accent?
 Neuropsy: What Makes Words Funny?
Tim Hannan
A new study predicts the most amusing words in the English language.
Online Feature: Thinking the unthinkable: tracing language back 15,000 years
Michael Dunn
Linguists have identified a set of 23 frequent words to establish relationships between languages dating back to ancient times.