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Columbia University linguist predicts 600 languages will remain in 2115 This will be due to the movement of people and parents not teaching their children 'native' languages used to particular parts of the world Dr John McWhorter says languages will also likely become more simple Translating tools will not be enough to preserve linguistic diversity Sci-fi visions of the future may focus on soaring skylines and flying cars, but the world in 100 years may not only look different, but sound different too.

good blog for stat-minded inquiry into linguistics

forensic linguistics videos

Interesting article/interview with a forensic linguist gives insight into how exactly they catch criminals.

parody of linguists

"The discrepancies between the two accounts which have been identified here are genuine, farreaching, and not merely apparent discrepancies. [...] it is clear that a definitive judgement on the character and extent of Genie's linguistic development still cannot be given."

breaks down sub-fields of linguistics and describes their application, with further reading suggestions

First stanza: "linguistic theoryhidden representationsto surface structures"

Want to Study Forensic Linguistics in college?

"Our results indicate that despite the differences in the structure and vocabulary of the languages analyzed, the impact of word ordering in the structure of language is a statistical linguistic universal."

Summary of what linguistics is and its importance.

There are some cities you can identify with just an accent, including New York. But linguists say that those who speak in the classic New York tongue are part of a dying breed. To find them, filmmaker Heather Quinlan went accent hunting around the city, holding a sign that reads, "Do you have a New York accent?

This National Science Foundation Special Report provides a handy overview of many topics covered in Words R Us, including the physiology of speech, neuroscience and language, dialects, Creoles, sign language, L1 vs. L2 learning, endangered languages, and language evolution.

Gawker is running a competition, tournament style, to see which accent will be crowned "America's Ugliest." In the running are 16 cities in the US, and readers get to vote. Accent discrimination still thrives... Josef Fruehwald, the linguist author of this article, states, "linguists call this general pattern "standard language ideology." It's the idea that somewhere out there, there's a perfect, unadulterated version of English, and what your everyday person speaks is a poor copy. I call it the kilogram model of language, because there is literally a physical object in France by which the unit kilogram is defined, and there are in fact multiple and worryingly imperfect copies of it around the world. But what linguists have discovered is that language is definitely not like the kilogram. The only place where English really exists is in the minds of its everyday speakers. To the extent that varies geographically and socially, so does English. There are no imperfect copies."

This article states that despite the logical belief that texting lingo is detrimental to conventional lingo, top linguists say that texting is beneficial to literary skills.

Original article can be found at this URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2984220/Text-speak-makes-youngsters-spelling-BETTER-according-linguist-claims-technology-making-teenagers-read-ever.html

This article was very interesting because it analyzed the way President Trump delivers his speeches. The linguist talks about how many perceive the way he talks as "uneducated", however, this is not the case. He speaks the way he does because he wants to talk like a normal person and therefore be relatable to everyday Americans.

Donald Trump is probably known as one of the most interesting presidents and speakers we know. His common short phrases of, "Believe me", "Not good", and "Build a wall" are some of his most known. This article explains how a linguistic professor studied Trump's speech for two years to try and understand what makes Trump so intriguing to listen to. It also goes on to explain how his speech compares to normal everyday Americans and commonly known politicians.

James Harbeck talks about how your writing is kind of like your own fingerprint or DNA and how forensics can be able to identify a certain author. Whether it be using the same words or similar ideas, itʻs kind of like your own linguistic DNA. However, it is not that simple and there has to be extensive investigation, we are slowly getting better at figuring out anonymous authors like the resistance against President Trump.