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Tech for Documenting Language

Forget the weathered notebook and tape recorder. Modern linguists are deploying a high-tech toolkit to document endangered languages, using portable…

6 days ago

Constructing a Field Dictionary from Scratch

Imagine being the first outsider to document a language with no written form. How would you create its first-ever dictionary?…

1 month ago

The World’s Most Dangerous Job? High-Risk Linguistics

When we think of a linguist, we picture quiet libraries, not active conflict zones. But for a small group of…

5 months ago

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