"Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language?" from The New Yorker.

"Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's print dictionary is poised for transformation." from TED.com

“'I left it on the southern edge of the western table.'” from NYT.

"All puzzles that appeared in the Linguistics Challenge adhered to strict guidelines, as outlined by the charter of the International Olympics in Linguistics and Mathematics."

excrescence and anaptyxis.

what makes good copy good.

is language in our genes?