Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally began to emerge in the 1970s due to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. As I explain in my book, ...

Philosophy of language and linguistic theory examine the intricate relationship between language, meaning and the mind. This interdisciplinary field interrogates the ways in which words and ...

This module discusses the conceptual and theoretical foundations of linguistics. It is the counterpart to the module “Usage-based Language Description” (Module 2). While the latter focuses on basic ...

Most comparisons of language and inherited traits consider whether genetic patterns conform with expected relationships observed by linguists. But few have considered the use of genetic data to ...

Two studies that appear in the August/October 2005 issue of Current Anthropology challenge established linguistic theories regarding the language families of Amazonia. Two studies that appear in the ...

Analyse language in all its forms - how it shapes our lives, connects people and drives creativity. Our course draws on insights from science and arts, and gives you a fresh, hands-on approach to ...

The origin and genesis of Urdu has always been a subject of animated discussion — and a source of unending controversy — among linguists. There is a wide range of theories about how Urdu originated ...

The origin and genesis of Urdu has always been a subject of animated discussion — and a source of unending controversy — among linguists. There is a wide range of theories about how Urdu originated ...