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NEWS ABOUT: linguistics

linguistics stories: 4 news summaries

'Housemade'
the Latest Word in Fine Dining

Artisanal flavor sets cuisine apart from mom's 'homemade'

May 24, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A word that isn’t yet in the dictionary has been cropping up on menus across America: “housemade” is the new trend. Don’t confuse it with “homemade,” which has lost its buzz and now suggests an unprofessional cook or a hokey menu-writer. “Housemade has more... More »

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food • restaurant • linguistics • menu • Jay-ZTV • foodie



 Top 10 
 Most 
 Irritating 
 Phrases 

Absolutely a nightmare, 24/7

Nov 7, 08 10:12 AM CST
(Newser) - At the end of the day, it's not rocket science, but the Guardian reports that researchers at Oxford University have been working absolutely 24/7 to compile a fairly unique list of phrases which, with all due respect, are some of the most irritating in popular use. You’ve just read... More »

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Oxford University • language • English • linguistics • irritating phrases • expressions • Damp Squid

To Be, or Not: That Is the Question for Irregular Verbs

Study shows language evolves à la Darwin, less-used forms die off

Oct 11, 07 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Irregular verbs, much like the Kennewick Man, evolve. But, much like the woolly mammoth, sometimes they vanish altogether, and linguists and evolutionary theorists have teamed up to compute their extinction times—in terms of half-lives. The study, published this week in Nature, shows that irregular forms of lesser-used verbs... More »

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evolution • language • linguistics • Kennewick Man • irregular verbs • woolly mammoth

Mum's Almost The Word for Endangered Languages

Native American speech among vanishing

Sep 19, 07 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A language dies about every two weeks and thousands are at risk, warned linguists, who yesterday identified five global hotspots where languages are most endangered. Several native American languages are dying out in the Southwest and regions including British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Indigenous communication is also vanishing in rural... More »

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language • Native American • linguistics • indigenous • mathematics

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