Historical, comparative and typological linguistics collectively constitute an interdisciplinary endeavour aimed at reconstructing language histories, excavating systematic patterns across diverse ...

Researchers have tested the capacity of different computational approaches to detect cognates with striking success rates: The best-performing method could detect word relationships with an accuracy ...

Venue: Room 313, Third Floor, Law Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS This event is part of the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC) 2017-18 Lecture ...

How do we know what ancient Egyptian sounded like, or Old English? Linguistics gives us the tools to reconstruct lost languages from the words we speak today. Here’s how it’s done. The most important ...

As a student in the Master’s Programme in Linguistic Diversity and Digital Humanities, you benefit from the expertise of numerous inspiring scholars with solid teaching experience and broad researcher ...