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

The Nigerian Academy of Letters has elected 13 professors and conferred Honorary Fellowships on three Nigerians, including the Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Achebe, and the Editor of Saturday Tribune, Dr ...

Brandeis, historically a bastion of Jewish education, is planning to put its Yiddish program "on hiatus," with no clear plan ...

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

Chatbots are getting better at holding conversations—but can they offer meaningful support in a therapy setting? A new study ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The University of Illinois Chicago may be dissolving its School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics in the coming weeks and terminating all of the school’s nontenured faculty at the ...