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There are some 60 languages spoken on the Tibetan Plateau. But harsh Chinese policies mean many minority languages may not be passed down to future generations.
Thanks to streaming, multilingual film and TV is exploding, and it’s helping to enhance the viewer experience.
Social media is giving a new lifeline to Bhutan’s native languages, which do not have written script and lack proper documentation.
A new, extensive database of language grammars from around the world indicates an alarming trend of global language loss.
When you ask ChatGPT to generate content, the default output is in the voice, style and language of white English-speaking men, who have long dominated many writing-intensive sectors.
Climate change science dominated by knowledge produced in the global North cannot address the particular challenges faced by those living in the global South.
Indigenous languages around the world are declining at a rapid rate, but linguists can help language revival by working with communities of native speakers.
Fear of strangers extends beyond racism and discrimination against people who look like they might come from another place – it includes people who sound different, too.
Linguists have a lot of largely untested theories. Borrowing a tool from ecology, researchers built a model that didn’t look for one worldwide explanation.
Difficulty with English language can mask other difficulties culturally and linguistically diverse students may have, such as Austism or dyslexia.
Raising the status of the African languages to that of official languages in South Africa post-1994 led to an explosion of translation and interpreting work in local and foreign languages.
There’s little research into origins of the geographic patterns of language diversity. A new model exploring processes that shaped Australia’s language diversity provides a template for investigators.
In English and science alike, every student and teacher brings his or her own language patterns to class. But how can educators make sure that language bias doesn’t harm student achievement?
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Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Adelaide University
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Director:Language Centre, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture and Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Education, English, and Linguistics, William & Mary
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Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Senior research scientist, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Senior Lecturer, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor in Children's Literature, University of Waikato
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Postdoctoral research associate, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
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Head: Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit, EThekwini Municipality; Honorary Professor, University of KwaZulu Natal and Co-Chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Linguistics, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer, Linguistics, University of Waikato
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Biologist with a PhD in Epidemiology. Science Officer in the Durban office of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Technical Support Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of KwaZulu-Natal