Hacker NewsBaby chicks pass the bouba-kiki test, challenging a theory of language evolution
#HackerNews #BabyChicks #BoubaKiki #LanguageEvolution #AnimalCognition #ScientificResearch
Turbo Learn PHPShort Array Syntax Evolution: [ ] vs array( )
PHP's array syntax evolution vs JavaScript's array literals - historical perspective! WILD!
#php #javascript #phpvsjs #arraysyntax #phphistory #languageevolution #syntaxcomparison #viralcoding #programminghistory #php5.4 #arrayliterals #mindblown
Short Array Syntax Evolution: vs array #arraysyntax
Weekend StoriesI recently watched a #Arte documentary exploring whether all humans once shared a single ancestral #language. I decided to recap its key points as a follow-up to my series on the origins of languages and #WritingSystems from last year:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/evolution_of_language_follow_up/
#WeekendStories #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #LinguisticHistory
jaimedavid327Censorship and the Power of Language: Adapting, Not Constraining
In a recent video from CerosTV, the issue of censorship and its impact on the way we communicate was discussed. Ceros expressed concerns over how banning words and phrases limits our ability to effectively convey ideas, suggesting that the growing prevalence of censorship is fundamentally altering the way we speak. While I don’t disagree with the sentiment that censorship is problematic, I believe the argument that censorship is ruining the way we speak may be overstated. In fact, I would […]
Anthropology.netNew research challenges decades-old assumptions about language, showing it is not a fixed human code but a multimodal, socially driven, culturally evolving system shaped across species and technologies. #Linguistics #CognitiveScience #LanguageEvolution #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/threads-of-thought-how-modern-science
The Dumbest Meme Alive: Why “6–7” Perfectly Sums Up the Decay of Internet Culture
If there was ever a sign that the internet had officially eaten itself, it’s “6–7.” The so-called meme phrase, born from a forgettable rap lyric and somehow inflated into a cultural touchstone, represents everything wrong with the modern state of online culture. It’s not clever, not funny, not even coherent. It’s just noise—empty repetition masquerading as entertainment, proof that virality no longer depends on meaning or creativity but on sheer algorithmic force and social […]
Lead Limited Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Hominids?
#HackerNews #LeadExposure #BrainDevelopment #Neanderthals #Hominids #LanguageEvolution
Gareth RobertsFellow language-evolutionists (other linguists welcome):
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
#linguistics #language #LanguageEvolution
Gareth RobertsFellow language-evolutionists (other linguists welcome):
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
Amin Girasol@yvanspijk I've been enjoying your language infographics!
Here's a puzzler: do you have any idea where the pronunciation in some US English accents of the word "across" as "acrost" comes from? As in "I haven't come acrost that before?"
What drives such a pronunciation to occur? Is it an #eggcorn? "I haven't come a crossed that before?" (Maybe borrowing from archaic "I'll go a-walking"?)