Language and Society

Communication Language Access Identity Formation Dialectal Variations Social Behavior Language Evolution Social Change Linguistic Diversity Cross-Lingual Transfer Impact of Language Language Acquisition Bilingualism Colloquial Language Communication Practices

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last mo.

Study Finds Global Language Diversity Peaked 1,000–3,000 Years Ago

The authors’ models show farming-driven population growth followed by the spread of large polities produced a later, sustained collapse that left today’s languages as a biased remnant.

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last mo.

Anthropic Finds Claude’s Responses Vary by Model and Language

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this yr.

Paper Rebuts Child-Driven Language Change, Points to Teens and Adults as Key Agents

3 ARTICLES

last yr.

Language and Society

Study Finds Global Language Diversity Peaked 1,000–3,000 Years Ago

Anthropic Finds Claude’s Responses Vary by Model and Language

Paper Rebuts Child-Driven Language Change, Points to Teens and Adults as Key Agents

Linguist Adam Aleksic Releases ‘Algospeak’ to Decode Social Media’s Impact on Language