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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.
NPR recently highlighted linguistics professor Dallin D. Oaks’s research on Utah name trends—something he believes is impacted by both politics and nature.
Can religion really help solve climate change? Professor George Handley says we need to make it part of the solution.
Mindfulness techniques have been shown to improve mental health, but they can do much more when used in the classroom.
Misconstruing the meaning of a word can have devastating results—as evidenced by what happened to Chris Rogers and his lost Fulbright Fellowship.
Seventy-five years after the Peanuts comic’s initial release, Charles Schulz’s daughter offers insight on the linguistics behind the characters’ humor.
In her P. A. Christensen Lecture, Professor Belnap looked to the influential women in 19th-century France to explain how disruption can cause social reform.
Students from across campus joined together to share their passion for their studies through short rants on anything and everything linguistics.
Tutors can be expensive and hard to find. However, new research shows that AI may provide a suitable alternative to one-on-one tutoring—at half the cost.
Do Chinese speakers and English speakers process emotions the same way? According to one BYU grad, the answer might be no.
The 2024 Kennedy Center student research fellows unpacked the impacts of colonialism. Now, their findings can help bring peace around the world.
Cantonese may have originated in Canton, China, but to find its earliest form, you have to go to Vietnam—here’s why.