Metaphor is not merely a literary device but a fundamental cognitive mechanism that shapes how individuals conceptualise and communicate their experiences. In cognitive linguistics, research into ...

We learn about how and why languages change. Language is constantly changing. Today’s small changes could lead to entirely new dialects or languages in the future. We learn about how and why languages ...

For decades, scholars believed children’s speech errors were the seeds of language change, but new research challenges that ...

The department of linguistics separated from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FLL) at the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester, underscoring an important niche of the Georgetown University ...

From "yeet" to "social distancing," new words and phrases constantly emerge and evolve in American English. But how do these neologisms—newly coined terms—gain acceptance and become part of mainstream ...

The Linguistics Laboratory in the English department enables faculty and students to carry out original psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, prosodic, and phonetic research. It is equipped with ...

Language is one of the most powerful links between past and present, carrying culture, tradition, and history across centuries. While thousands of languages have disappeared, some have endured for ...

Obscuring strategies seek to disguise the true intent of a legislative measure, such as through “phrases of universal appeal.” These are statements that nearly everyone would be sure to agree with, ...

Jonathan Kasstan receives funding from the British Academy. Michelle Sheehan receives funding from The British Academy and The Leverhulme Trust. Anna D. Havinga does not work for, consult, own shares ...