Emotional Meaning of Colors and Forms
Emotional Meaning of Colors and Forms
Alan Manning reported preliminary findings of research on the invariant emotional semantics of form and color at the International Professional Communications Conference in Hawaii in July.
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When Americans Swallow Their Ts
When Americans Swallow Their Ts
David Eddington has recently published research (with M. Taylor of New York U.) documenting how often Americans use glottal stops instead of clear /t/ sounds at the ends of words (e.g. "nigh' off" instead of "night off"). Younger female speakers are most likely to use glottal stops, hinting that this is a general language change in progress.
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BYU tops list of Linguistics Programs
BYU tops list of Linguistics Programs
Stateuniversity.com gathers information about universities and programs in the US and posts comparative data of various kinds. Compared to all other U.S. programs, we have the greatest number of declared majors (95). More, if English Language majors and students in minor programs were also counted. More Info: http://www.stateuniversity.com/program/16-0102/Linguistics