My research in computational linguistics focuses on language evolution and typology. The title of my current project is: Solving the word puzzle: morphological analysis beyond stem and affixes. I see ...

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 61 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets exploring the topic of Language and Region (UK) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting ...

ABSTRACT: This review examines Wang’s (2024) monograph on existential clauses (ECs), which addresses a longstanding gap by integrating cross-linguistic typology with Systemic Functional Linguistics ...

In his interview with The Eastern Report, Padmashri Dr Nicholas Kazanas busts several myths on the Aryan Invasion Migration theory. We are reproducing his interview in two parts (Read Part 1 here). Q: ...

Nowt divides the UK like the North/south divide. But the lines may be on the verge of becoming a little blurred, if a group of scientists (southerners) is to be believed. They predict that our accents ...

Quantifying the speed of linguistic change is challenging because the historical evolution of languages is sparsely documented. Consequently, traditional methods rely on phylogenetic reconstruction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com What do the physics of bubbles have in common with the way you and I speak? Not a lot, you might think ...

What do the physics of bubbles have in common with the way you and I speak? Not a lot, you might think. But my recently published research uses the physics of surface tension (the effect that ...

Language patterns could be predicted by simple laws of physics, a new study has found. Dr James Burridge from the University of Portsmouth has published a theory using ideas from physics to predict ...

Each black line is an 'isogloss' generated by Burridge's model. An isogloss is a line which separates regions where one pronunciation dominates from a region where another dominates (an example ...

Ian McMillan goes on a quest to find one of Britain's strangest linguistic features. Somewhere between Sheffield and Chesterfield, people stop saying house and say something that sounds a lot more ...

LanGeLin (Language and Gene Lineages) is the acronym for the ERC-funded research project 'Meeting Darwin’s last challenge: toward a global tree of human languages and genes' coordinated by Professor ...