By William J. Astore / TomDispatchApr 18, 2016
Cloaking violent, even murderous actions in anodyne language might help a few doubting functionaries sleep easier at night, but it should make the rest of us profoundly uneasy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 23, 2015
An MIT graduate has a new theory about the root cause of inequality; more Mexican immigrants have gone back to their native country since the 2008 economic crash than have moved to the U.S.; and a professor of linguistics explains why English is an extremely weird language. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 16, 2014
To help it judge whether to take specific threats online seriously, the U.S. Secret Service has offered a contract for analytics software that can be used "to detect sarcasm and false positives" on Twitter and other social media. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 13, 2013
"Uptalk," the habit of increasing the pitch of one's voice at the end of sentences, is on the rise among California males, new research shows. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 10, 2010
It's not entirely clear what, besides a love of linguistics and an apparently compelling documentary, spurred young Guillaume Leduey to launch a one-man campaign to resuscitate an Alaskan language, Eyak (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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