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A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

India’s Great Nicobar megaproject threatens indigenous languages, ecology, and survival. A hidden linguicide unfolds amid “development.” Read why it matters now.

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness," "duality of patterning," and "displacement"—an international team of ...

When asked how much of the alien language used by the franchise's central hunter species he is able to speak, "Predator: Badlands" director Dan Trachtenberg quickly answers, "Zero." "My mouth will not ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Predator: Badlands” is the first film in the franchise where much of the dialogue is in the alien hunters’ ...

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...

In the St. Cloud area, Somali is the most spoken language after English. The St. Cloud Area School District represents more than 50 languages. While the district can face challenges navigating many ...