Liberal or Conservative? Your Choice of Words Gives You Away
New research provides more evidence that people on the left and right perceive the world in different ways.…
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How Do You Say ‘Tongue’ in Tongan?
New research finds words in different languages that refer to the same thing often use, or avoid using,…
A Short Reading List for Defining Genocide
The word was created to have a set, legal definition so that perpetuators could be prosecuted for their crimes.
A Shakespeare Play You’ve Never Heard Of
A new method of analysis finds Double Falsehood was very likely co-written by the Bard.
The Linguistics of Tragedy
Will Charlie Hebdo, the magazine, reclaim its name from Charlie Hebdo, the terrorist attack?
How Language Helps Us Understand Music Without Words
Without harmony, our brains don't know what to hear.
What’s That Thing Where You Feel That Thing and It Makes That Other Thing Happen?
The Emotionary is trying to answer that question.
Linguistic Myths and Adventures in Etymology
The folk wisdom built up around common English expressions is often wrong, but it can be fun ferreting out the real origins.