New research challenges decades-old assumptions about language, showing it is not a fixed human code but a multimodal, socially driven, culturally evolving system shaped across species and technologies. #Linguistics #CognitiveScience #LanguageEvolution #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/threads-of-thought-how-modern-science
#LanguageEvolution
I am in a zone to write so much text. My hand hurts even doing the stretches so I use my other hand. It hurts.
I feel far to verbose for social media. Attempting to lay down any of the concepts I need to while trying to set the definitions requires a book or letter format.
My emails are starting with nearly a page of definitions as I've found out many of the words I thought meant one thing, have a different meaning. This varies for the same word, region by region. Words like freedom, liberty, cruel, truth, sensible, justice, moral, kind, faith, belief, video game, vegetable, buy, purchase, own, service, connection, logic, science... Etc.
The concepts are not connected to the written words. Depending on the region, a logical thing said over here means abusing goats in another US region. #EnglishDivergence #LanguageEvolution
The Dumbest Meme Alive: Why “6–7” Perfectly Sums Up the Decay of Internet Culture
If there was ever a sign that the internet had officially eaten itself, it’s “6–7.” The so-called meme phrase, born from a forgettable rap lyric and somehow inflated into a cultural touchstone, represents everything wrong with the modern state of online culture. It’s not clever, not funny, not even coherent. It’s just noise—empty repetition masquerading as entertainment, proof that virality no longer depends on meaning or creativity but on sheer algorithmic force and social […]
Lead Limited Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Hominids?
#HackerNews #LeadExposure #BrainDevelopment #Neanderthals #Hominids #LanguageEvolution
Fellow language-evolutionists (other linguists welcome): What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now? #linguistics #language #LanguageEvolution
Fellow language-evolutionists (other linguists welcome):
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
@yvanspijk I've been enjoying your language infographics!
Here's a puzzler: do you have any idea where the pronunciation in some US English accents of the word "across" as "acrost" comes from? As in "I haven't come acrost that before?"
What drives such a pronunciation to occur? Is it an #eggcorn? "I haven't come a crossed that before?" (Maybe borrowing from archaic "I'll go a-walking"?)
Theresa Matzinger from @uniwien is officially opening the #protolang9 conference! Thanks to all the team!
David Cserjan points out the breadth of the conference:
#evolinguistics #archaelogy #neuroscience #computerscience #biology #animalcommunication #linguistics #philospohy #psychology #cognition etc
All necessary to crack the problem of #languageEvolution
Human writers have always used the em dash
#HackerNews #HumanWriters #EmDash #WritingStyle #AIChatGPT #LanguageEvolution
📜 The Etymology of Planetary Names
From Mercury to Neptune, each planet’s name embodies classical traditions, linguistic heritage, and centuries of cultural history. 🌌
🔍 Explore the stories, traditions, and legacies that shaped their names across time. 📄 https://TPC8.short.gy/IB6y3NTR
#Etymology #PlanetNames #NameOrigins #PlanetEtymology #RomanGods #GreekGods #SolarSystem #SpaceFacts #AstronomyHistory #Linguistics #WordHistory #LanguageEvolution #CulturalHeritage #TPC8
Humans aren’t alone in their talent for voices & babble. 🧠 New research shows dogs, pigs & humans share ancient brain wiring for vocal sounds, while fast-growing infant brains help humans & marmosets learn to talk. #Anthropology #LanguageEvolution #Neuroarchaeology #Linguistics https://www.anthropology.net/p/voices-from-deep-time
Ever wonder how your timeline is changing your tongue? From memes to 'algospeak,' social media is altering language itself. Discover the hidden linguistic shifts you use every day without even realizing it. #LanguageEvolution #SocialMedia
Cambridge Dictionary adds "skibidi," "delulu," and "tradwife" to its 2023 updates, reflecting internet culture’s impact on language. 📚 #CambridgeDictionary #Skibidi #Delulu #Tradwife #Broligarchy #LanguageEvolution
AI's Growing Influence: How AI is Reshaping Human Speech & Vocabulary https://aiorbit.app/ais-growing-influence-how-ai-is-reshaping-human-speech-vocabulary/ #AILanguage
#DigitalSpeech
#LanguageEvolution
#TechImpact
Algorithms are censoring words, so humans are inventing new ones.
"Unalive" for suicide. "Grape" for rape. "Y-T" for white.
This linguistic evolution is happening at unprecedented speed as communities resist AI suppression.
🎧 PsyberSpace explores the psychology: https://bit.ly/4ky5Sx2
Orangutans use recursive vocal structures once thought uniquely human. Could our language have started in the trees? #LanguageEvolution #Orangutans #ScienceBreakthrough
Leonardis et al. extend generative protein models to ancestral sequence reconstruction The approach outperforms standard methods and recovers a more diverse set of ancestral protein sequences.
New paper by Lewin & Eyre-Walker finds a strong negative correlation between generation time and yearly mutation rate. This highlights generation time as a key driver of molecular evolution across eukaryote clades.
The realisation that language change is real is really struck home when one looks up what the word "silly" used to mean.
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