Psychology Today

When Language Changes, Is Culture Changing?

All human societies use language. As far as we know, they always have. Over the course of history, humans have written nearly 130 million books, containing over half a trillion words. The average ...
Yahoo

AI is changing scientists' understanding of language learning – and raising questions about an innate grammar

Is living in a language-rich world enough to teach a child grammatical language? kate_sept2004/E+ via Getty Images Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language ...
Capital Public Radio

How algorithms are changing the way we speak

Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi. On today’s show, we talk to author Adam Aleksic about how TikTok and ...
The Daily Signal

Woke Language Is Changing the Meaning of Words

John Stossel is the creator of Stossel TV videos, and author of "No They Can't! Why Government Fails—But Individuals Succeed." Have you noticed how our language is changing? At a congressional hearing ...
The Economist

The internet is changing language less than curmudgeons fear

WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY doing to language? Many assume the answer is simple: ruining it. Kids can no longer write except in text-speak. Grammar is going to the dogs. The ability to compose thoughts longer ...
Psychology Today

When Language Changes, Is Culture Changing?

All human societies use language. As far as we know, they always have. Over the course of history, humans have written nearly 130 million books, containing over half a trillion words. The average ...