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A forensic linguist told the BBC it's possible to glean crucial information about a person from just a few sentences.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
As a cognitive scientist and linguist, a lot of my research training is about symbols and about the construction of identity in that way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
By examining bodies of written work, linguists can track the rise of such language quirks, says Kimberly Becker, a linguist and co-host of the “Women Talkin’ ‘Bout AI” podcast.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Michael Hahn, a linguist based in Saarbrücken, set out to answer that question with Richard Futrell from the University of California, Irvine.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026
Hence a linguist would immediately deduce correctly that the English language arose in coastal northwestern Europe and spread around the world from there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
That sentence structure is popping up everywhere these days, and linguists tie its popularity to AI models.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
The Africa Next Voices project brought together linguists and computer scientists to create AI-ready datasets in 18 African languages.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
But it’s clear that the phenomenon is not just the tweedy concern of linguists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
The team, which comprised musicologists, psychologists, linguists, evolutionary biologists and professional musicians, recorded songs in 55 languages, including Arabic, Balinese, Basque, Cherokee, Maori, Ukrainian and Yoruba.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
It will send the linguists back to India with their tape recorders, because it undermines the critical superstructure of their methodology.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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