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To conduct their analysis, the team digitized the sign sequences into a database and evaluated them using tools from quantitative linguistics, including statistical modelling and machine learning classification algorithms.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
Brad also enjoys writing essays and quirky features for the Journal and has tackled topics such as GLP-1 medicines, college sports recruiting, Jesus models, Gen Z linguistics and performative printer-bashing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Like many college kids, Allaire became interested in the work of Noam Chomsky, an American scholar known for his work in linguistics, political activism and social criticism.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
When she turned 57, Margaret went back to university, graduating with a PhD in applied linguistics.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
By a method termed glotto-chronology, based on calculations of how rapidly words tend to change over historical time, comparative linguistics can even yield estimated dates for domestications or crop arrivals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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