A linguist explains what makes human English human, and why you shouldn’t overdo it with large language models.

For 20 years, this computational linguistics competition has inspired new generations of innovators in AI and language ...

But what if you want to translate into more esoteric “languages” like “LinkedIn Speak,” “Gen Z slang,” or “horny Margaret Thatcher”? This week, many people across the Internet have been bemused to ...

This illustrates a widespread problem affecting large language models (LLMs): even when an English-language version passes a safety test, it can still hallucinate dangerous misinformation in other ...

Judgements of politeness go beyond language and culture – they are also deeply tied to emotion and moral intuition.

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our ...

When considering the challenges faced by children with developmental language disorder (DLD), it's natural to think of difficulties they have in understanding and using language. What tends to get ...

I joined QMUL’s Department of Comparative Literature in September 2019 as a Lecturer in Comparative Literature. Prior to that, I was a Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Analysis at the University of ...

My research focuses on discursive identity construction, language policies and ideologies, multilingualism, and media discourse. Combining approaches from critical discourse analysis, corpus ...

AI systems have demonstrated their potential application value in numerous fields. However, the specific effects of these technologies in the medical and health sector still require in-depth ...

DAMASCUS - The fall of the Assad regime has opened an extraordinary window of hope for peace and stability in Syria. A year on, displaced Syrians are returning to their homes – over 3 million to date ...

COLUMBIA — A Missouri appeals court in Kansas City has rewritten the ballot language for an amendment that would ban most abortions again in the state, ruling that the language approved by a Cole ...