THERE have been a number of recent events that should easily catch the attention of (socio)linguistics students. In the ...

Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language.

Are there really ancient linguistic connections between Ancient Greek and Polynesian languages? What do these reveal about ...

When learning a second language (L2), many are likely familiar with the challenge of memorizing vocabulary, only to struggle ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) allegedly failed repeatedly to discipline a professor who harassed Jewish and Israeli students, a ...

Ahead of its mobile release, Daz sat down with Chants of Sennaar’s Creative Director to discuss all things language, culture, ...

Info Session Handouts and Recordings This page contains links to the most recent handouts from and/or recordings of selected information sessions held by the Linguistics program as part of its ...

The Master’s degree in Linguistics has been running for over 30 years. Our students -- who are not expected to have any background in linguistics -- have in some cases come from language professions ...

Our BA Linguistics and Sociology course will enable you to delve into the science of language - an everyday phenomenon which impacts our lives on an individual and a global scale.

A languages curriculum oriented around linguistics – the critical and analytical study of language itself – could meaningfully address the decline in language learning.

How Did Computers Uncover J.K. Rowling’s Pseudonym? Forensic linguistics can use powerful programs to track written text back to its author ...

In 1955, a young scholar named Noam Chomsky submitted a doctoral thesis to the University of Pennsylvania that would revolutionise the field of linguistics and lay the groundwork for what would ...