Linguistics

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Technology
AI is helping scholars restore ancient Greek texts on stone tablets
TechCrunch - Devin Coldewey
Machine learning and AI may be deployed on such grand tasks as finding exoplanets and creating photorealistic people, but the same techniques also have some surprising applications in academia: DeepMind
4 days ago
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Movies
34 Coming-Of-Age Movies That Were So Good People Watched Them Dozens Of Times
BuzzFeed
"Napoleon Dynamite always makes me laugh and captures all of the awkwardness of high school." We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about a coming-of-age movie that they loved so much they watched
October 14
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Gender
It's Time for a World without Gender
scientificamerican.com - Daphna Joel
The idea of gender is undergoing a revolution, as unconventional gender behaviors gain in acceptance. At the same time, however, virtually every …
October 4
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Japan
Is this phrase the Swiss Army knife of Japanese?
BBC Worklife - Yukari Mitsuhashi
A term that is easy to find but hard to define – and goes a long way in any type of situation. There are some languages where deploying one tiny little phrase unlocks doors. It’s a phrase that “makes go
Aug 22, 2018
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What Did Old English Sound Like? Hear Reconstructions of Beowulf, The Bible, and Casual Conversations
openculture.com - by Josh Jones
What is the English language? Is it Anglo-Saxon? It is tempting to think so, in part because the definition simplifies a linguistic history that …
June 7
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@JamesNevius @cinemashoebox It's still here. https://t.co/ZEoUYvSk3c Bristol has a strong Medieval Studies center, as well as a good Classics department, so it's wild to me that they let him put this out with their imprimatur—if they did.
@JamesNevius @cinemashoebox It's still here. https://t.co/ZEoUYvSk3c Bristol has a strong Medieval Studies center, as well
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May 15
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Digging Up the Latin Roots of 14 Abbreviations
merriam-webster.com
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a written word or phrase that is used in place of the whole. Although abbreviations can be found in …
May 5
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History
3,700-Year-Old 'Mystery' Babylonian Tablet Gets Translated
theepochtimes.com - Jack Phillips
A 3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet was translated and might rewrite the history of math, suggesting that trigonometry may have been developed before …
February 20
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What happens in our brain when we learn languages?
sciencefocus.com - Susan Blackmore
It's not just being able to crack a joke with the locals or order off a menu without surprises, learning another language has big benefits for your …
January 30