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fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 7 days ago

Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s

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Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s

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fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 7 days ago

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conlangliker862@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days ago

The Syntax of Natural Language [book]

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The Syntax of Natural Language [book]

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conlangliker862@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days ago

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fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 15 days ago

Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Family

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Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Family

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fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 15 days ago

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Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM · 14 days ago

[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changes

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[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changes

Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM · 14 days ago

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Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 16 days ago

Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language

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Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language

Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 16 days ago

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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 days ago

bro wake up, seven new laryngeals have dropped

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bro wake up, seven new laryngeals have dropped

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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 days ago

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koavf@lemmy.ml · 19 days ago

The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life

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The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life

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koavf@lemmy.ml · 19 days ago

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koavf@lemmy.ml · 20 days ago

Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows

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Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows

koavf@lemmy.ml · 20 days ago

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Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 22 days ago

Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found

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Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found

Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 22 days ago

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fxomt's on dbzer0@lemm.ee · 23 days ago

Nabataean Arabic Readings

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Nabataean Arabic Readings

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fxomt's on dbzer0@lemm.ee · 23 days ago

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Binette@lemmy.ml · 24 days ago

How similar are expressions and memes?

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How similar are expressions and memes?

Binette@lemmy.ml · 24 days ago

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fxomt's on dbzer0@lemm.ee · 26 days ago

[OC] A very basic overview of semitic grammar

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[OC] A very basic overview of semitic grammar

fxomt's on dbzer0@lemm.ee · 26 days ago

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Eccentric@sh.itjust.works · 1 month ago

(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actually

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(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actually

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Eccentric@sh.itjust.works · 1 month ago

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koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?

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How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?

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koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

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mapto@feddit.bgEnglish · 2 months ago

A competition on word disambiguation

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A competition on word disambiguation

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mapto@feddit.bgEnglish · 2 months ago

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Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months ago

Genetic evidence points towards the Italo-Celtic and Graeco-Armenian hypotheses

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Genetic evidence points towards the Italo-Celtic and Graeco-Armenian hypotheses

Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMEnglish · 2 months ago

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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago

How W. Labov used a bunny to examine children's language abilities

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How W. Labov used a bunny to examine children's language abilities

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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago

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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago

William Labov has passed away

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William Labov has passed away

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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months ago

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fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 3 months ago

The Names of All Manner of Hounds: 1065 names for dogs, from a fifteenth-century manuscript

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The Names of All Manner of Hounds: 1065 names for dogs, from a fifteenth-century manuscript

fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 3 months ago

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fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 3 months ago

Biden-Harris Administration Releases 10-Year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization | U.S. Department of the Interior

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Biden-Harris Administration Releases 10-Year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization | U.S. Department of the Interior

fossilesque@mander.xyzMEnglish · 3 months ago

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