Endangered linguistic heritage: a new website for the Pangloss Collection
Like certain animal and plant species, some of the world’s languages are in danger of extinction. Fortunately, the Pangloss Collection,
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Study explains role of bone-conducted speech transmission in speech production and hearing
Scientists investigate transmission properties of bone-conducted (BC) speech sound, opening doors to BC-based speech and hearing assistive technology
Read moreDiscussion and de-escalation in social media
International research team awarded funding to develop AI-based, social media ‘moderator’
Read morePatient characteristics associated with telemedicine access during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: This study identified racial/ ethnic, sex, age, language, and socioeconomic differences in accessing telemedicine for primary
Read moreLinguists gather virtually to showcase cutting-edge research
The LSA’s 95th Annual Meeting convenes in early January
Read moreAnglo-German project to investigate the role of translation in post-war European magazines
The British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the German Research Foundation are funding the research project ‘Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Cultures’ run jointly by Nottingham Trent University and Mainz University
Read moreResearchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into an historical context and guides conservators in future restoration efforts
Read moreTalking like a woman in TED Talks is associated with more popularity
Talking like a woman at online TED Talks is being “uniquely rewarded” with more views according to researchers, who say
Read moreFemale language style promotes visibility and influence online
A female-typical language style promotes the popularity of talks in the digital context and turns out to be an underappreciated
Read moreTo the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers
Read moreUC Riverside School of Medicine to serve as lead site for clinical trial on stuttering
Phase 2 study investigates efficacy of the drug ecopipam developed by Emalex Biosciences Inc.
Read moreHow does eye position affect ‘cocktail party’ listening?
Eye position has a modest but measurable impact on speech intelligibility within a cocktail party setting.
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