Zoe EngA 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 EngThe 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 EngThe 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 EngThe 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 EngMorphological Productivity and WugsA brief look into the creation of new wordsAug 19, 2022Aug 19, 2022
Zoe EngWhat 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 EngSo, just how many languages are there?Well, according to Ethnologue, 7,151 (give or take a few thousand).Aug 15, 20221Aug 15, 20221
Zoe EngJust How Alien is the Klingon Language?Maybe more so than you thought.Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022