When it comes to using “big data” to analyze the patterns of society, the conversation inevitably turns to social media. Yet the world’s news media actually offers larger and richer insights into ...

A new study into the patterns of terrorist language could help authorities create algorithms to detect and flag extremist content online. The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) Linguistics ...

The language patterns a person uses in describing their feelings can reveal their true sentiments about other groups of people, researchers report. “There are times when people might lie about how ...

Language patterns could be predicted by simple laws of physics, a new study has found. A theory using ideas from physics predicts where and how dialects occur. Language patterns could be predicted by ...

Birdsong shows patterns similar to human language, according to a new study. Researchers have uncovered a previously undetected structure in the songs of Bengalese finches that has the same ...

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, ...

Like learning math, from simple counting to solving complex equations, language learning happens in a similar stepwise fashion, with each new step building on previous knowledge. Brown (1973) outlines ...

Language patterns could be predicted by simple laws of physics, a new study has found. Dr James Burridge from the University of Portsmouth has published a theory using ideas from physics to predict ...