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Welsh Twitter

Welsh Twitter: capturing language change in real time

29 May 2013

A database of Welsh tweets is being used to identify the characteristics of an evolving language.

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Quilt by Sara Impey titled Context, made in silk

̽»¨Ö±²¥needle and the pen

07 Sep 2012

A conference at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ will explore the ways in which words and fabrics are stitched together in language and literature – and...

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Launch event

Cambridge Language Sciences launched

15 May 2012

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ launched its new Strategic Initiative in Language Sciences at a special one-day conference at Newnham College on 12 May, attended by...

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Detail from the tablet found at Ziyaret Tepe. Inscribed with Cuneiform characters, the tablet consists of a list of women's names, many of which appear to be from a previously unknown language.

Archaeologists discover lost language

10 May 2012

Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by...

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Early example of the Welsh word for not (dim, line 5) in the 14th-century Mabinogion

It's 'not' history

09 Mar 2012

̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge linguists have pieced together the curious evolving history of the word 'not' across the languages of Europe. In doing so...

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Functional neuroimaging of the human brain

̽»¨Ö±²¥communicative brain

29 Nov 2011

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William...

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Living with the Inugguit

25 Nov 2011

A film documenting the disappearing oral traditions of the northernmost settled people on Earth offers a glimpse into how their way of life is...

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Categorising textual information

Mining the language of science

18 Nov 2011

Scientists are developing a computer that can read vast amounts of scientific literature, make connections between facts and develop hypotheses.

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Looking up in a dictionary

Unconscious language learning

03 Nov 2011

Unconscious learning could be the secret to speeding up learning a second language.

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Andy in New York

New York, unplugged: a day without words

02 Nov 2011

We are addicted to language. By way of proof, Andy Martin – lecturer in the Department of French and author of books on Napoleon, Bardot and surfing...

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Greenland

Will the English language ever die?

21 Oct 2011

Imagine a world in which there is no difference between blue and black or green and blue. A world where there are hundreds of different types of snow...

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Still from Memories of old awake

Cambridge Ideas - Memories Of Old Awake

26 Sep 2011

Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ academic, Dr Emily Lethbridge, is breathing new life and understanding into the centuries-old Sagas of Icelanders (...

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