We’re hosing down the hype surrounding AI, and frankly, we’re going to need a bigger hose. Large language models like ChatGPT have landed in a…
How do we make the discipline of linguistics — and our world — a more just, diverse, and equitable place? Why does our personal history…
Yes, linguistics is all through the world of sci-fi, but science fiction has had a surprising impact on linguistic research. Dr Hannah Little is cataloguing…
Anacostia is a rapidly gentrifying suburb in Washington DC, and as Anacostia changes, so does the language. How do the original Black residents use language…
Can dictionaries create a more fair world? One language observer sees that dictionaries, far from being a neutral chronicle of language, are capable of promoting…
Language helps us build and maintain social relationships. Cults — however we define them — exploit this function and subvert it for their own ends.…
For many students, university opens up new frontiers of learning — and new ways to be marginalised for their language use. A new book explores the…
Schools are banning words and policing language. It may be a well-meaning attempt to encourage good language habits, but it also perpetuates troubling language ideologies…
Aboriginal English has been around a long while, but linguists have not taken the opportunity to really listen to the voices of Aboriginal people. Two…
For our first episode as Because Language, we’re assisted by an all-star cast of our linguistic friends, all here to tell us what they love…