My mother is worried that he is going to get me killed,” an MIT PhD student wrote in an email to police about a professor who ...

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When Gašper Beguš began studying linguistics, he spent his time deciphering ancient, largely dead languages. "Nobody cared ...

The Linguistics of Swearing Explain Why We Substitute Darn for Damn Languages from Hindi to Korean tone down swear words by inserting gentler consonants into speech. Here’s how “Let’s go ...

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Meghan Marie Agnew has been named to the President’s List at Iowa State University. Agnew, from Tonganoxie, is majoring in linguistics. Students achieving the designation maintained a 4.0 grade-point ...

The Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science offers a small number of teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships, and/or research assistantships to Ph.D. students. The awards are granted ...