Writing is technology. Like the mating displays of birds-of-paradise and the pheromone trails of ants, it is a form of communication. However, unlike communication systems governed by genetic ...

Scholars have created a new global repository of linguistic data. The project is designed to facilitate new insights into the evolution of words and sounds of the languages spoken across the world ...

As society progresses, the need for language that reflects our values becomes evident. Euphemisms provide a way to discuss ...

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This created opportunities for the further evolution of the written word. Monks were busy for hundreds of years copying religious texts, but curiously (to us) they didn't bother to put spaces between ...