It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions.
The US lacks linguists who understand which foreign information matters most.
This gaping hole in the record of our lives has been baffling psychologists, neuroscientists and linguists for decades.
Today, linguists whisper and wonder: will English eradicate all other languages?
Linguists find its analogies in various Indo-European languages.
Linguists find its analogies in various Indo-European languages.
On "Friends," characters emphasized their adjectives (with "very" and "really" and "so") to such an extent that the habit prompted a study by linguists at the University of Toronto.
For this reason, linguists say that language is "multi-modal".
"Babies learn to speak by watching us making shapes at them from their crib," says Berkery, who advises her clients to similarly study mouths while watching videos of politicians, like David Cameron, who have perfected the British accent that linguists call "Received Pronunciation.
But linguists from Manchester have found that rappers, such as Eminem and London-based Akala, are actually more adept at creating lyrics and prose than the 16th century poet.