Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtA Look into Saving Polysynthetic Languages in Indigenous CommunitiesIndigenous cultures have historically been mistreated and disregarded in North America due to years of colonization and forced…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtThe Effort to Save an Endangered LanguageAn Interview with Professor Sylvia Schreiner about her work on St. Lawrence Island Yupik.Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtThe Chinese Room Thought Experiment — An Existential Philosophical ProblemAlong with the rise of artificial intelligence are the everlasting debates and questions about it. We as humans like to know exactly where…Aug 21, 2022Aug 21, 2022
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtThe alien language in ‘Arrival’ is pretty weird, right?The 2016 sci-fi movie that actually revolves around linguistics. Spoilers ahead.Aug 21, 2022Aug 21, 2022
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtMorphological Productivity and WugsA brief look into the creation of new wordsAug 19, 2022Aug 19, 2022
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtWhat are, um, filler words?A short analysis on Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? by Lorenzo García-AmayaAug 18, 2022Aug 18, 2022
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtSo, just how many languages are there?Well, according to Ethnologue, 7,151 (give or take a few thousand).Aug 15, 20221Aug 15, 20221
Zoe EnginWords for ThoughtJust How Alien is the Klingon Language?Maybe more so than you thought.Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022