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

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

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

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

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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 comprehensive resource on general linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure, exploring the fundamental principles and theories of language.