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Slow Motion Blackbird
Provided to YouTube by Republic of Music Slow Motion Blackbird · Chris Merrick Hughes Shift ℗ 1994 Mercury Records Ltd under licence to Helium Records Ltd Released on: 2008-06-02 Producer: Chris Merrick Hughes Music Publisher: Helium Music Publishing Music Publisher: … Continue reading
The Linguistics of Arrival
The film Arrival came out last week, with a linguist as its hero! The movie deals with xenolinguistics and how we could learn to communicate with aliens. The studio asked linguists from McGill University to consult on the movie, and … Continue reading
Childhood Boredom and Wonder Abound in Aron Wiesenfeld’s Inky Post-It Drawings | Colossal
MAY 3, 2024 GRACE EBERT “Post-It Note Drawing #89.” All images © Aron Wiesenfeld Aron Wiesenfeld has created dozens of drawings in black ink, translating the mystery and ennui of his paintings onto the iconic yellow square. When a friend … Continue reading
What would an alien language look like?
Disappointed by the alien languages you see in movies? I have good news! There is a new branch of linguistics—Xenolinguistics—dedicated to imagining what an alien language might actually look like! In this video, I want to explore the weirdness of … Continue reading
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