Articles tagged with Linguistics
The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) has received the LSA's 2011 Linguistics, Language and the Public Award for its impact on public awareness of linguistics. The competition, founded in 2006, identifies high school students with linguistic talent and acquaints them with computational linguistics.
Researchers at LSU found that Latinos with limited English proficiency are more likely to be murdered in new destinations, where cultural and social isolation exacerbate the risk. This effect is attributed to factors such as lack of cultural subtlety understanding, limited access to formal economy, and reluctance to report crimes.
Princeton computer scientists developed a new search technique analyzing language patterns to determine influential documents. The algorithm recognizes individual paper contributions and found papers with strong influence on language without high citation counts.
A recent study of an ancient language sheds light on the mechanisms driving linguistic evolution. Researchers discovered that languages undergo a 'bumpy ride' of changes, guided by shared principles and ordered processes.
A study combining genetic, archaeological, and linguistic data reveals that genetic variation in Africa is structured geographically and linguistically. The research provides a clearer picture of the continent's history and highlights the importance of independent lines of evidence in interpreting genetic and genomic data.
Lieberman-Aiden's innovations include the 'Hi-C' method for three-dimensional genome sequencing, enabling new understanding of cell state, genetic regulation and disease. He also developed iShoe technology to diagnose balance disorders in the elderly, showcasing his groundbreaking work across genomics, linguistics and more.
Physicists in Sweden create a formula to identify distinct author styles by analyzing word frequencies in literature, challenging George Kingsley Zipf's maxim. The 'meta book' concept represents an imaginary infinite book containing each author's unique word frequency characteristics.
A University of British Columbia study found that air puffs directed at the skin can bias perception of spoken syllables, causing mishearing. The researchers suggest that tactile information plays a significant role in speech perception, similar to how our brain processes visual cues.
Research suggests that the left hemisphere's dominance in humans may stem from ancestral gestural communication, with right-handed gestures in chimpanzees indicating a similar lateralization. This study supports the idea that speech evolved from a gestural system and shares key features with human language.
Researchers used high-speed ultrasound imaging to categorize N|uu clicks, a series of consonants distinct to southern Africa's Kalahari Desert. This breakthrough could change how linguists describe click languages and aid speech scientists in understanding speech production.
Researchers are redefining what constitutes literature with the rise of Japanese cell-phone novels, which demonstrate similar linguistic sophistication to traditional print novels. A study found that cell-phone novels are written at a lower reading level, sparking debate about their literary merit.
Brown University researchers found that subjects who had access to optic flow adapted faster and made it to virtual targets more easily than those without. The study suggests that optic flow plays a crucial role in navigating through environments.
Researchers create ways to visualize and analyze unstructured data, assigning brightness, color, and texture to identify potential threats. This technology can automatically recognize patterns and detect unexpected connections between data points.
Recent immigrants acquire English and lose Spanish rapidly, exhibiting levels of patriotism equal to native-born whites by the 3rd generation. Hispanics largely reject a purely ethnic identification and show high levels of commitment to work ethic.
The Aymara language locates the past ahead and the future behind, defying the conventional spatial metaphor for chronology. The study's findings suggest that cognition of everyday abstractions like time is partly a cultural phenomenon.
A computer scientist has developed a system to analyze proposed drug names and rank them in terms of confusability, using techniques from linguistics and bioinformatics. The system, created in collaboration with the FDA, can identify sound-alike and look-alike drug names with great accuracy, reducing the risk of prescription errors.
A study by Professor Sali Tagliamonte found that female adolescents tend to use words like, just, and so more frequently in their conversations as they get older. This language change occurs earlier than in males, with 15- and 16-year-old females using the word 'like' most frequently.
Researchers found that verbal cues and internal targets affect the muscles used to produce sound and the speed of speech. In noisy conditions, speakers slowed their speech to improve intelligibility, highlighting the complexity of speech production goals.
USC researchers have developed a new technique using real-time MRI to capture the intricacies of human speech. The innovation allows for high-resolution movies of the vocal system, enabling better understanding of sound overlap in spoken language.
A recent study by Penn State researchers found that Minority Medicaid patients face barriers to quality care due to language and cultural factors. The study analyzed responses from 49,327 adults in 14 states, revealing significant disparities in care reports among linguistic minorities.
Researchers at North Carolina State University challenge dominant linguistic theories of African-American English, proposing a new model based on African-based Creole language and regional dialects. Their research, conducted in Hyde County and the Appalachian Mountains, reveals similarities between black speech and African influences.
Women tend to make greater tonal movements and use more intonation in questioning, enabling clearer differentiation between statements and types of questions. The findings suggest that women prioritize clarity and are less afraid of adopting a position of dependency in communication.
Researchers argue that English should be the primary language for space travelers due to its international significance and potential for genetic diversity. Despite this, changes in vocabulary may occur during the journey, particularly with new words being coined and old ones falling out of use.
Patient participation is limited in teleconsultations due to restricted talk time and lack of opportunity for patients to ask questions or assert their opinions. However, incorporating partnership-building methods like asking for patient's opinion can increase patient involvement and improve diagnosis, treatment, and health improvement.
Researchers discovered a melodic cue that allows speakers to pause briefly without interrupting each other, increasing speaker continuation rates by up to 91% in grammatically complete sentence fragments.