http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Citizens in remote rural areas in 11 Asian countries are leaping over language barriers and into the Internet age. They may now access government services online, and submit college applications without making an arduous trek to the city. And their children are learning the computer skills that promise greater economic opportunities in the future. http://phys.org/news287298356.html Other Sciences Thu, 09 May 2013 06:06:03 EST news287298356 "The sounds uttered by birds offer in several respects the nearest analogy to language," Charles Darwin wrote in "The Descent of Man" (1871), while contemplating how humans learned to speak. Language, he speculated, might have had its origins in singing, which "might have given rise to words expressive of various complex emotions." http://phys.org/news280651349.html Other Sciences Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:10:01 EST news280651349 (Phys.org)—Linguists at The University of Manchester have discovered their city boasts of at least 153 languages, making it one of the world's most diverse places. http://phys.org/news274521913.html Other Sciences Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:05:19 EST news274521913 Languages are continually changing, not just words but also grammar. A recent study examines how such changes happen and what the changes can tell us about how speakers' grammars work. The study, "The course of actualization", to be published in the September 2012 issue of the scholarly journal Language, is authored by Hendrik De Smet of the University of Leuven /Research Foundation Flanders. http://phys.org/news265913748.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:01 EST news265913748 Google has set out to save the world's dying languages. http://phys.org/news259464845.html Technology Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:10:02 EST news259464845 Suppose you are at an intelligence agency and your computer is faced with terabytes of text every day -- documents, emails, transcriptions of voice conversations and more -- and many contain metaphors. How do you train your computer to ignore what the text literally says and understand the real meaning? http://phys.org/news258969322.html Technology Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:55:36 EST news258969322 A new linguistic study of how individuals interpret various types of utterances sheds more light on how literal and contextual meaning are distinguished. The study, "A novel empirical paradigm for distinguishing between What is Said and What is Implicated," to be published in the March 2012 issue of the scholarly journal Language, is authored by Ryan Doran, Gregory Ward, Meredith Larson, Yaron McNabb, and Rachel E. Baker, a team of linguists based at Northwestern University. http://phys.org/news250490237.html Other Sciences Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:37:28 EST news250490237 Digital technology is coming to the rescue of some of the world's most endangered languages. Linguists from National Geographic's Enduring Voices project who are racing to document and revitalize struggling languages are unveiling an effective new tool: talking dictionaries. http://phys.org/news248700264.html Other Sciences Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:24:35 EST news248700264 A huge number of students ranging from linguists to those studying coins and family ancestry are benefiting from a 100 year project to compile the world’s most comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin. http://phys.org/news224426072.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 May 2011 13:34:44 EST news224426072 (PhysOrg.com) -- Published in Science, a new report from biologist Quentin D. Atkinson from the University of Auckland is sparking controversy among linguists. Atkinson has been analyzing the sounds of the many languages around the world and has detected signals that lead to southern Africa as a place where all human language began. http://phys.org/news222092034.html Other Sciences Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:00:01 EST news222092034 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of linguists studying Eastern European youngsters in the UK have found they learn to speak English like locals. http://phys.org/news221287204.html Other Sciences Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:40:25 EST news221287204 Although we're convinced that baby is brilliant when she mutters her first words, cognitive scientists have been conducting a decades-long debate about whether or not human beings actually "learn" language. http://phys.org/news214655539.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:32:37 EST news214655539