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Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis | Language | The Guardian - 0 views

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    This article discusses the dangers of disappearing languages that are native to small regions and minorities. There seems to be a label set on each language that determines its superiority or inferiority due to power, class and commonality.
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How TikTok created a new accent - and why it might be the future of English - 0 views

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    This article discusses that there is a new emergence of the "Tiktok voice". This accent is described as one with a rising intonation and declarative sentences which incapsulates a sense of persuasiveness and personalization. The "Tiktok voice" has been more concentrated in the younger female demographics as it is scientifically proven that women are often the innovators of linguistics.
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Your teen's being sarcastic? It's a sign of intelligence - 0 views

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    This article considers sarcasm to be "the highest form of intelligence" because it symbolizes an individuals flexible and creative mind. Through research done by psychologist and neuroscientists, it has been found that the usage of sarcasm actually requires more brain power to interpret than a literary statement. This is supported by the fact that young children don't understand sarcasm while teenagers are able to fully utilize it.
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How AI is decoding the animal kingdom - 0 views

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    This article writes about the complexities of animal communication and how elephants are able to use low frequency sounds to stay in touch amongst each other. Generative artificial intelligence is able to help humans generate an algorithm that is capable of detecting animal calls, grumbles, grunts, squeaks etc and translate it into a language that humans are comfortable interpreting.
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