Tag: linguists
Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’
Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’ Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values By Cody Cottier edited by Allison Parshall Boas’s observation had swelled to mythic proportions. In a 1991 essay, British linguist Geoff…
Linguists Point to Expressions of Pain as a Possible Universal Language
The Ways We Express Pain Point to Universality in Language By Rachel Feltman, Allison Parshall & Fonda Mwangi Rachel Feltman: If you stubbed your toe right now, what sound would you make? According to linguists, the chances are pretty good that your answer would be surprisingly similar to the one given by someone on the…