For some Americans, their accent isn't just related to where they live For people living in some parts of the United States, their accent might not just indicate where they live, but also who they think they are. In a small study in rural northwestern Ohio, researchers f...

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Linguists collecting regional swear words to map UK dialects Dr Chris Montgomery says the team is

Article on...regional swearing
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Linguists collecting regional swear words to map UK dialects
Dr Chris Montgomery says the team is "interested in anything that's rude, that's a bit naughty".

Developmental language disorder can have life-long effects – and it’s easily missed in multilingual children Children with DLD show problems across all their languages and need specialist help.

Very interesting article on DLD and multilingualism
theconversation.com/developmenta...

I’m a linguist with Tourette’s – here’s what I want people to understand after Baftas controversy I often feel that I live in my body alongside another person who wants to continually move and say things.

Interesting article:
theconversation.com/im-a-linguis...

Amanda Seyfried nails bits of the 1700s Manchester accent in The Testament of Ann Lee – a linguist explains how we know The accent has been distracting for some because it sounds different to modern Mancunians.

theconversation.com/amanda-seyfr...

Linguists Tested 191 Universal Grammar Rules. Only One-Third Survived A new study finds that one-third of proposed grammatical “universals” hold up under rigorous testing.

And another one....
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Language barriers slow down the international diffusion of knowledge, study finds Rapid technological and scientific advances have fueled a huge wave of innovation over the past decades. The speed of global innovation is known to be dependent on the exchange of knowledge and skills...

Good article
phys.org/news/2026-02...

How likely is ‘almost certainly’? The scourge of weasel words Phrases to describe probability are getting lost in translation — and have helped to cause at least one military catastrophe

50 shades of probability ;)
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

(PDF) The Impact of Digital Media on Language Change: A Study of English Lexical Innovation PDF | Digital media has become a powerful force in shaping contemporary language use, significantly influencing lexical innovation in English. This... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Interesting article
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English lessons shouldn’t be an immigration test – why the UK’s new policy risks deepening exclusion The UK government says tougher English rules will aid integration. Esol experts warn they risk turning language learning into a tool of exclusion.

Another interesting article:
theconversation.com/english-less...

‘Bengali Cockney, Black Cockney, East End Cockney, Essex Cockney, Jewish Cockney, Sylheti Cockney’: why community languages matter Tower Hamlets’ recognition of Cockney as a “community language” celebrates the role that all English dialects play in shaping individual and community identities.

Language communities - article
theconversation.com/bengali-cock...

‘I thought it was going to perish’: the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho Concentrated among 1,000 people in the remote Daliwe valley, siPhuthi has gained a dictionary, a Bible translation and official recognition thanks to intrepid linguists and activists

Fascinating
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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Good overview

Forensic linguistics: how dark web criminals give themselves away with their language Unmasking dark web criminals isn’t easy, but researchers are figuring out how to use their own language against them.

The power of language
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...

Multilingualism Calculator Reveals True Language Strengths - Neuroscience News A new study introduces a multilingualism calculator that quantifies how multilingual a person truly is, offering a clearer alternative to vague labels like “bilingual.”

great research, new tool...
neurosciencenews.com/multilingual...

Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark – but often amusing – origins of nicknames for jobs Australians love a nickname, and certain jobs are no exceptions. So whether you’re a journo, brickie, shrink or cop, there’s a rich history behind the slang.

theconversation.com/babblers-cop...

Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our memory.

Words are phonologically unequal! So interesting...
theconversation.com/some-words-a...

Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept If Danish speakers experience hygge, then they should have a word to talk about it; if English speakers don’t, then we won’t.

theconversation.com/impossible-t...

Speaking Multiple Languages May Slow Brain Aging, Study Suggests People are living longer than ever around the world.

www.sciencealert.com/speaking-mul...

Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.

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‘Mansplaining’ was once a contender for word of the year. Here’s why we should stop using it ‘Rage bait’ is Oxford word of the year in 2025. But I think we should be able to decommission words that have brought more trouble than they’re worth, starting with the 2015 runner-up, writes Zoe Will...

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...

I Made an AI Speak Every Century of English—It Ended With a Message From the Year 15,000 - Decrypt I pushed a chatbot through several millennia of linguistic evolution. An AI from the year 5000 lectured me about pronouns.

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Language Emerged From Many Roots, Not Just One - Neuroscience News A new framework argues that human language did not arise from a single evolutionary leap but from the convergence of many biological abilities and cultural processes.

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Ireland remains locked into the anglophone world. Will we ever make the multilingual leap? Language specialists doubt whether existing educational policies can deliver on State’s linguistic competence deficit

Multilinguism in Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

What Made French Lingua Franca for Over Three Centuries? | TheCollector Today, English is the world's primary language. Yet for almost three centuries, French was the world's dominant lingua franca. Let's see why.

Great article
www.thecollector.com/french-lingu...

How to save the King’s English When a survey of 10,000 teachers revealed this month that Britain’s primary school pupils are increasingly relying on Americanisms (the Times front page declared ‘Trash-talking children are sounding l...

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Lots of prescriptivist discourses to look at here!

The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online Gen Z’s ‘performative male’ trend is both mocked and embraced because it exposes deep cultural contradictions around what we expect of masculinity today.

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Enduring patterns in world's languages: One-third of grammatical 'universals' stand up to rigorous testing Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that around a third of the long-proposed "linguistic universals"—patterns thoug...

Great article and live link to to the study!

Enduring patterns in world's languages: One-third of grammatical 'universals' stand up to rigorous testing phys.org/news/2025-11...

Parasocial is the word of a year led by influencers and chatbots Cambridge Dictionaries’ word of the year describes the one-sided relationship fans have with celebrities, experts on social media and artificial intelligence

www.thetimes.com/uk/social-me...

Hopes of Irish language revival in public life as Catherine Connolly takes office Advocates say presidency could be ‘transformative moment’ for Ireland after Gaelic’s cultural breakthroughs

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...