Society
Where is the Duende? Frack Language, Frack Self
When we frack language, we tear apart the core of self (read more)
language
News
New Tongues for Old. Learning, and losing a second language
CUNY linguist measures brain dynamics in second language users. (read more)
News
Que Bueno! Bilingualism Saves Brains
Bilingualism may save brain resources as you age (read more)
News
What Does Anger Sound Like to Children?
Researchers pair acoustical analysis with brain mapping to understand how children process emotion in speech (read more)
Society
Smoke, Mirrors, and a Dishonest Lexicon.
Even the words we use are skewed to obfuscate truth and maintain elites. What we call ‘terrorism’ could also be termed ‘effect’. Essay (read more)
Society
Language games across the checkmate of infinity
These are not really poems, that’s why I put the word poem in inverted commas in the title. (read more)
Society
Wigger, Wigga, Once Again
urther musings on whether we were racist to use the term ‘wigga’ in a Trebuchet article…. Wigga. The word certainly gives one pause. We need to be very careful though about confusing racism with terminology. (read more)
Art
Mumbojumbo and Gobbledygook: The Language of Art Terminology
Sometimes I invent new terms and insert them into conversations just to see who pretends they understand (read more)
News
Babies learn In Utero
Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language. (read more)