by Susan Keown | Jul 6, 2021 | ScienceWire
There are now only a few thousand native speakers of Blackfoot, a language once spoken across the northern Great Plains. Meredith Fore (@Fore_Says) writes for Symmetry Magazine about one of these native speakers, Sharon Yellowfly, whose efforts to reinvigorate the...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
Handwritten manuscripts from the 16th century are tough going for modern readers, writes Roberta Kwok in The New Yorker. But everyday letters and recipes, in addition to famous plays from the era, are a guide to the evolution of our language. Roberta tells of a...
by Matt Vivion | Dec 10, 2016 | Past Events
Yes, a Hollywood movie with a heroic linguist! Members and guests saw the “The Arrival” on Dec. 10 at Sundance Cinema Seattle. After the movie, we talked to Richard Wright, chair of of the linguistics department at University of Washington, at District...
