Common Expression of Pain

Allison Parshall explains that the yelp made as an expression of pain is similar in most cultures.

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Word Usage

Codie Cottier discusses human vocabulary and word usage as revealed in research by Li et al.

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Variations in Language Complexity

John McWhorter explains the differences in complexity amoung the world's languages .

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Original Work, Frameworks, and Great Writing

Yohei Igarashi muses on the meaning of creativity in an age of AI, or in cultures learning a new medium. He observes that masterful writing is based on a fabric of the commonplace illuminated by brilliant insights.

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GBoard: A Mobile Keyboard for Multiple Languages

Daan van Esch discusses his Google language initiative, Gboard .

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Planet Word Museum

Anne Curzan announces that Washington D.C. is developing a museum celebrating language. The Planet Word Museum is scheduled to open in 2018. It has a mission of inspiring a love of words and language. -DD

Text Messaging and Language

Anne Curzan shares how text messaging is changing our language in her post: texting rules.

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