How language evolved in Africa · Kiel lingvo evoluis en Afriko
When did humans first begin to speak, which speech sounds were uttered first, and when did language evolve from those humble beginnings? George Poulos, interviewed here, has spent most of his academic career researching the phonetic and linguistic structures of...Algorithmic detection of Alzheimer’s by analysis of speech · Algoritma detektado de la alchejmera malsano per parolanalizo
The artificial intelligence algorithms behind the chatbot ChatGPT may one day be able to help doctors detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Recent research has demonstrated that OpenAI’s GPT-3 program can identify clues from spontaneous speech...The universal sound of swearing · La universala sono de sakrado
Swear words across different languages tend to lack certain sounds such as L, R and W, suggests new research. These sounds may appear less offensive to listeners. Sakrovortoj en diversaj lingvoj emas malhavi iujn sonojn kiel L, R kaj Ŭ, laŭ sugesto de nova esploro....The future of linguistic diversity · La estonteco de lingva diverseco
Language diversity is under threat. While each language is subject to specific social, demographic and political pressures, there may also be common threatening processes. This article in Nature uses an analysis of 6,511 spoken languages with 51 predictor variables...Master’s programme in Poznań · Magistra programo en Poznano
November 2022 saw the start of the 2-year Master’s programme in interlinguistics as a specialist field of linguistics and information management at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. The roadmap for these unique studies includes subjects from linguistics...Belarta rikolto 2022
From November the World Esperanto Association (UEA)’s bookshop has been offering the book “Belarta rikolto 2022” (Harvest of Fine Arts 2022), containing the prize-winning works from UEA’s 73rd Fine Arts Contest, as announced this year during the 107th World Congress...Why does language diversity matter? · Kial gravas lingva diverseco?
This recent article in The New Indian Express summarises the history of India as a linguistically plural nation: “Language is one issue for governments, quite another for the people. Governments look at language as a burden on the exchequer, a potential trigger for...Introductory book on language politics · Enkonduka libro pri lingvopolitiko
Published very early this year is the book Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations in Language Policy and Planning by Michele Gazzola, Federico Gobbo, David Cassels Johnson and Jorge Antonio Leoni de León. It is a short introductory book on language politics for...The 2nd Conference of the Academy · La 2-a Konferenco de la Akademio
Zamenhof Day, 14 December, was originally Esperanto Book Day, and it was the date chosen by the Esperanto Academy for its second conference and the announcement of its laureate for the year. Ten members of the Academy spoke via Zoom about ten aspects of Esperanto that...IfI: Information for Interlinguists
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