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When the Jamaican linguist Dr Joseph Farquharson agreed to consult on the Bob Marley biopic One Love, there was one major motivating factor: wanting to avoid another Cool Runnings.The 1993 comedy about the real-life Jamaican Olympic bobsled team is a well-loved classic in many parts of the English-speaking world but has also become a cautionary tale about what happens when Hollywood attempts to “globalise” the Jamaican accent and distinct language.For Farquharson, who worked as an adviser for the One Love dialogue coach,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Reading stories regularly strengthens social-cognitive skills—such as empathy—in both children and adults. And this, in turn, ensures that we can empathize with characters more effectively and more quickly when we are reading. This is the subject of linguist Lynn Eekhof's Ph.D., which she will receive at Radboud University on 15 January. "I think we need to capitalize more on the wonder of…

Adam Cooper, Northeastern teaching professor and linguistics director. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University. Credit: Northeastern University When it comes to how we talk, accents are often the thing people focus on first. We love to do impressions, and certain accents even have an impact on what we buy. But what exactly is an accent, and how does one develop? …

Noam Chomsky, an American linguist criticizes ChatGPT saying ‘it’s a way to avoid learning’! Read more tech news Good morning tech fam, here are some quick tech updates for you to catch on to! What’s New Today: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Says the Company Has Been Working on ChatGPT-Like Tech for a Long Time. Fast-Track Insights: Bitcoin Funding Rates Fall into Negative Territory as Investor Caution Grows. The American philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky described ChatGPT, a sophisticated artificial intelligence chatbot from…

During the keynote speech at the inaugural summit of Progressive International — an international organization that unites and mobilizes progressive and liberal forces — linguist, philosopher, and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky highlighted the systemic methods in which the democracy in the United States is being undermined by President Donald J Trump’s administration. Chomsky connected the dots to demonstrate the devastating effects this speedy erosion of democratic ideals is likely to have on humankind and explained…