Linguistics

Wordly wisdom

What determines the length of words? MIT researchers say they know.

February 10, 2011

Ask a linguist: Q&A with David Pesetsky

Professor, AAAS fellow discusses 'Universal Grammar,' relationship between language and music

February 9, 2011

6 from MIT named AAAS fellows

January 11, 2011

Said and Done

Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for July 2010

July 7, 2010

MIT's professor of linguistics Donca Steriade (left) and institute professor emeritus Morris Halle (right), experts in phonology, discussing a basic question: Why do human languages sound the way they do?

Emeritus: Sound reasoning

MIT emeritus linguist Morris Halle sees his influence live on — and take some unexpected directions

June 8, 2010

Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky denied entry to West Bank

May 17, 2010

Said and Done

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences digest for April 2010

April 5, 2010

On rubble from the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, a merchant has inscribed "Notice: The artist is not dead. Call 3907-9920 for your shirt-printing jobs."

Rebuilding Haiti

MIT scholars with ties to Haiti discuss the country's future

March 6, 2010

Three of a kind

MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa explains how the hidden similarities of English, Japanese, and some forms of Bantu reveal language’s universal essence.

November 20, 2009

Kai von Fintel, professor of linguistics and associate dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Philosopher’s Annual 'ten best' selection for von Fintel and Rayo

September 23, 2009

A PirahÃ£ man participates in an experiment that MIT researchers say indicates his language contains no number words.

MIT-led team finds language without numbers

Amazonian tribe has no word to express 'one,' other numbers

June 24, 2008

MIT: No easy answers in evolution of human language

February 17, 2008

MIT research among Nature magazine's 2007 favorite

January 14, 2008

This illustration is a visual representation of data by MIT and Harvard scientists on how irregular verbs regularize over time. Verb size in the image corresponds to usage frequency. Large verbs tend to stay sequestered at the top, while smaller verbs tend to fall through to the bottom. The paper predicts that 'wed' is the next verb to regularize, so it teeters on the brink.

Predicting the future of the past tense

Mathematicians apply evolutionary models to language

October 15, 2007

MIT Linguistics Professor David Pesetsky

Linguists doubt exception to universal grammar

April 23, 2007

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