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A new linguistics class offers undergraduates the chance to assist in faculty-mentored research projects while earning course credit.
Two BYU Linguistics professors published their research on the history and future of editing and publishing programs worldwide.
Professors Matt Baker and Brett Hashimoto’s award-winning research dissects the language of online reviews.
Every region has unique dialect variations distinguishing it from surrounding states and even counties. Undergrad Hallie Davidson researched this phenomenon and looked at two variations from her home state of Utah.
How will the rapid advancement of AI impact writers and editors? BYU linguistics professors offer their insight on this unique challenge.
Graduate student Nathan Browne dedicated his thesis to creating an AI model that translates ASL by looking at eyebrows. Now, he hopes his findings can shine a light on similar technologies to come.
Graduate student Alyssa Crezee studied sentence processing with the hopes of contributing to one field that’s too often forgotten: autism research.
US law codes, the official compilation of federal laws, are notorious for being complex. A recent study offers insights into why law codes are so difficult to understand—and why that may not be a good thing.
Every language has accents, and they just might reveal more about you than you think.
Who makes language rules: Rulebooks or the people who use the language? When it comes to gendered language rules, people seem the likely culprit.
A push for more research in the editing world led a group of professors and students to make TrackEDT: a tool that can change the entire editing field.
Chinese is one of the most difficult languages to study, mainly because it uses thousands of characters. However, research shows that breaking characters into bite-sized pieces—known as radicals—may help.