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Striving for Linguistic Diversity in Scientific Research
Communication
May 1, 2024

Striving for Linguistic Diversity in Scientific Research

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How Intelligent is Artificial Intelligence?
Public Policy
September 27, 2023

How Intelligent is Artificial Intelligence?

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Efforts To Protect Endangered Minority Languages: Helpful Or Harmful?
Communication
September 11, 2023

Efforts To Protect Endangered Minority Languages: Helpful Or Harmful?

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Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset for Language-Majored Undergraduates in Vietnam
Business and Management INK
August 30, 2023

Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset for Language-Majored Undergraduates in Vietnam

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Why Do Swear Words Sound the Way They Do?

Why Do Swear Words Sound the Way They Do?

The authors explored whether there are universal sound patterns in profanity. So we designed a series of studies involving speakers of different languages and found surprising patterns in how swear words sound across the world.

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Event: Publish or Perish – Challenges and Opportunities of French-Language Research in Canada

Event: Publish or Perish – Challenges and Opportunities of French-Language Research in Canada

The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Acfas will be co-hosting a free webinar entitled “Publish in English or perish: Challenges and opportunities of French-language research in Canada.” The webinar will take place simultaneously in English and French on Nov. 15, from 1-2pm.

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‘Pytannya’ For Today: How Similar Are the Ukrainian and Russian Languages?

‘Pytannya’ For Today: How Similar Are the Ukrainian and Russian Languages?

As Vladimir Putin continues his assault on Ukraine, the differences between the Russian and Ukrainian languages have become part of the public discourse in the West

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Public Funding for the Public Good

Public Funding for the Public Good

Two scientists at the Georgia State University Language Research Center argue that their basic research into memory can “yield profound and transformative results” in the study of autism and developmental delay — hardly fitting the description of “trivial, unnecessary, or duplicative” that Senator Jeff Flake labeled it in a recent report.

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The Trials and Futures of ‘English for Academic Purposes’

The Trials and Futures of ‘English for Academic Purposes’

Academic English is its own language (for better or for worse), and literacy in it requires more than just being a dab hand with Google Translate.

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Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature

Steven Pinker on Violence and Human Nature

Is the world getting less violent? It seems unlikely. But Steven Pinker has amassed empirical evidence to show that it is. In this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Social Science Bites podcast he explains some of the possible causes of this transformation.

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Rom Harré on What is Social Science?

Rom Harré on What is Social Science?

“Everybody lives in a society…They want to know what it is they’re living in” An exploration of the nature of the social sciences. How do they differ from the physical sciences? What challenges do they face? What is their value?

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Does the way social scientists write stop them being heard?

Does the way social scientists write stop them being heard?

The commentator Nick Cohen argues in an article this week that many academics – specifically in social sciences and humanities – are unable to write clearly […]

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