(Author's note: Recent events have highlighted the need to be introspective about our role in systematic and institutionalized racism, but research on linguistic discrimination has long sought to ...

Linguists have long sought to describe unfamiliar languages. That work has taken on new urgency, though, as more and more languages become endangered. Students and faculty at William and Mary have ...

Many people think that they can recognize a gay man based on his speech. In other words, they believe that they have a gaydar. Previous linguistic studies showed that some features of language used by ...

The CU Department of Linguistics has a strong commitment to inclusive excellence at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Students are offered foundational coursework and research opportunities ...

As the parent of two teenagers, being a linguist did not adequately prepare me for the strange things that sometimes come out of their mouths. For example, "like" is omnipresent, "hecka" punctuates ...