Amber H. Anderson

In this interview, News-Medical tells Sarah Phillips about new research on how bilingual brains process different languages, and how the same neural mechanism is used for each when interpreting expressions in multiple…

Today, the Macquarie Dictionary named "strollout" as its official word of the year for 2021. Wait, hasn't “stroll” already been chosen as the word of the year?Yes, but it was a different dictionary. On Wednesday November 17, the…

Jennifer (Nelson) Heinmiller, a 2003 graduate of Marysville High School, co-edited a Southern Appalachian Vernacular Dictionary with Dr. Michael B. Montgomery, Emeritus Professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics at the University from…

They let the dictionary define them as a person. Urban Dictionary is often seen as a sophomoric source for dirty words, but now bored social media users have tapped into the participatory glossary for something…

The House of Commons: When it was discovered that former Cabinet Minister Owen Paterson had violated lobbying rules and rules of conduct for MPs, the term "sleaze" was a linguistic slam-dunk à la both for the opposition and the media,…

Background, virus, race, home truth, mask and triangle are the six words local artist Jane Birdsall-Lander used in her latest edition of the Poem Project Dictionary. In this project, Birdsall-Lander explores the relationship…

Reading time: 6 minutesHuman translators, as opposed to translation software, generally have a broad knowledge of the subject matter relevant to the translation assignment. The term "lost in translation" is rather overused. It is…

In 1973, she won the National Scrabble Championship. However, she never won the Times Crossword Championship, despite being a runner-up on several occasions. During the war she was evacuated to Alnwick in Northumberland, where she did so…

An ambitious repertoire of elephant behaviors and vocalizations offers amazing insight into their minds and culture - and could help…

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