A forensic linguist from The University of Manchester who analysed letters supposedly signed by Jack the Ripper has concluded that two of the most famous examples were written by the same person.
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2018
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One of the world's 7,000 languages vanishes every other week, and half - including scores of indigenous North American languages—might not survive the 21st century, experts say. To preserve as much linguistic diversity ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2017
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In his new book, "The Comparative Method of Language Acquisition Research" (University of Chicago Press), Associate Professor of Linguistics Clifton Pye introduces a revolutionary method for crosslinguistic research.
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2017
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It's possible to identify the author of an email by analysing as little as two words, research by Nottingham Trent University suggests.
Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2017
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Did you know that in every language, the most frequent word occurs twice as often as the second most frequent word? This phenomenon called 'Zipf's law' is more than one century old, but until now, scientists have not been ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2017
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In one of the first crowdfunding studies focusing on social enterprises, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that how a pitch is voiced and worded is much more important for social entrepreneurs ...
Economics & Business
May 31, 2017
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A team of international researchers, led by Colorado State University's Michael Gavin, have taken a first step in answering fundamental questions about human diversity.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2017
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Digital approaches applied to big data play an increasingly important role in the humanities. However, there is skepticism about the accuracy and potential of computational methods for historical linguistics. A key task is ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 7, 2017
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A study of U.S. presidential debates between 1976 and 2012 found that matching certain aspects of an opponent's language can lead to a bump in the polls.
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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The algorithm works by identifying linguistic cues of deception found within a computer-mediated communication (CMC) system such as emails.
Computer Sciences
Jul 5, 2016
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