linguistics

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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

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

For decades, her husband—Alexander Nakhimovsky, a professor of linguistics and computer science who went by Sasha—managed that aspect of their life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Like “Babel,” which relied on Kuang’s knowledge of linguistics, “Katabasis” is rich and textured because of her knowledge of the subject, her deep familiarity with its shape and philosophy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

I have saved the most remarkable contribution of linguistics for last.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond