European Research Council,
European Day of languages stresses the importance continuous of learning of language to increase intercultural understanding…
European Day of languages stresses the importance continuous of learning of language to increase intercultural understanding…
TIL that ‘Huh?’ is a universal word expressing misunderstanding, found in languages across the globe including: Icelandic…
Recordemos el trabajo por el que Francisco Torreira obtuvo el Premio IgNobel en 2015, un hito de la lingüística. http://journals.
إيج نوبل 2015 #Nobel_2017 #Crazy_Science
ايج نوبل 2015 :D #Crazy_Science #Nobel_2016
Pesquisa mostra que 'Huh' (o nosso 'hã?' quando não entendemos algo) é universal: foi encontrada uma palavra similar em forma e…
Something distracting and interesting to start the week with: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.00…
LOS PREMIOS IG NOBEL: -Premios a Ciencia Absurda- >> DOC YEYO
LOS PREMIOS IG NOBEL: -Premios a Ciencia Absurda- >> DOC YEYO
VIERNES DE HUMOR !!! Este viernes les platicaré de los Ig Nobel: - Son los premios a estudios científicos inusuales, una…
No matter where you travel for a GEMx medical elective exchange, you’ll know at least one word. A recent study found that the…
Merritt Ruhlen in his book "The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue" (an extended argument for the…
Is “Huh?” a Universal Word? (plosone.org) www.plosone.org
New article from Hacker News www.plosone.org
Huh?
"A more plausible mechanism for the cross-linguistic similarity of huh? is convergent cultural evolution. This proposal sees huh?
"We investigate it in naturally occurring conversations in ten languages and present evidence and arguments ... that Huh? is…
Is "huh" the universal lexeme?
Huh ? we all evolved the same way!
Huh? http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273
Wazzat you say?
No need for translation ? Huh ?
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273 My immediate reaction to this is: Are we simply…
"Huh?" Turns out that 'sound' is one of the very few universal 'words' in human languages - a meaning given to the question of "W…
L'interjection "Huh?" serait universel. Il se retrouverait dans pratiquement toutes les langues avec toujours à peu près la même…
Is “Huh?” a Universal Word?
"Huh?" is the universal word, linguists have discovered. A study found the term is used in the same way across languages even…
So there you have it.. The next time someone thinks you are being rude for expressing your confusion by saying, "huh," tell…
Existe uma palavra conhecida por todos os humanos e em todas as línguas: "huh?" http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.13…
You only need one word: Hæ? (Thank you, Vera)
Huh. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273#s1
"Huh" jako univerzální slovo, kterému bez ohledu na jazyk rozumíme všichni stejně. (Zdá se, že z hlediska evoluční lingvistiky…
Huh? They got funding for that?! http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273
"conversational infrastructure can drive the convergent cultural evolution of linguistic items." Häh?
‘HUH?’– is a universal word used as a ‘repair initiator’ when one has not clearly heard what someone just said. 'HUH' is a…
"Conversational infrastructure and the convergent evolution of linguistic items." If you read that and went "Huh?", that's…
Häh!? Finnish makes it 32 languages - but not included in this meager study.
This could be the reason for an almost universal switch lately to WTF! or maybe not.
"Huh?" is the universal word, linguists have discovered. A study found the term is used in the same way across languages even…
learn 10 languages with one word..
I love stuff like this. Language is one of the most interesting human inventions. Ranks right up there with bacon.
Hahahaha. We have discovered the universal word and it is "Huh?"
Des chercheurs de l’Institut Max Planck de psycholinguistique de Nimègue aux Pays-Bas, ont découvert que le petit mot "hein?…
A word like Huh?–used as a repair initiator when, for example, one has not clearly heard what someone just said– is found in…
Finally, something that unites us worldwide.... Huh?
"From a systematic comparison of 10 spoken languages from 5 continents we find evidence suggesting that a word like ‘Huh?’–used…
Now, this is an interesting paper
Is “Huh?” a Universal Word? Conversational Infrastructure and the Convergent Evolution of Linguistic Items - http://www.plosone.o…
I officially speak a word in every language.
"From a systematic comparison of 10 spoken languages from 5 continents we find evidence suggesting that a word like ‘Huh?’–used…
La globalizzazione del 'puppa'
I use "huh?" when I have heard perfectly well what the person has said, and find that it makes no earthly sense to me at all. I…
I just love stuff like this.
Why does every known language include a word similar to "huh"? And is "huh" really a word, anyway? I'm not sure I buy the…
But not, "WTF?"
Peggy Renwick - Neal S is very interested in language (Read Snow Crash for a good example)
I really love the idea of a "repair initiator."
Someday when I am too old to run around any more and I have nothing better to do than go back to school, I'm totally going to…
This sort of analysis gets me hot...
"From a systematic comparison of 10 spoken languages from 5 continents we find evidence suggesting that a word like ‘Huh?’–used…
"From a systematic comparison of 10 spoken languages from 5 continents we find evidence suggesting that a word like ‘Huh?’–used…
"From a systematic comparison of 10 spoken languages from 5 continents we find evidence suggesting that a word like ‘Huh?’–used…
"From a systematic comparison of 10 spoken languages from 5 continents we find evidence suggesting that a word like ‘Huh?’–used…
People often ask me what the fugg linguistics is. Here's a study of "Huh?" to show it's not just learning obscure vocabulary…
Good read.
"Huh?" is a universal word. Across the entire world, no matter what language spoken, no matter what language family it's from…
Como e porque "ã" é uma palavra universal. Gabriel Piazentin
Things that make you go Huh... OK. I'm probably dating myself with that C+C Music Factory reference.
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Appropriately, this made me think, "Huh." http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273
'Huh?' an interrogative sound used to prompt another to repeat themselves seems to be universal to all human languages.
"Huh" is the universal word, say linguists. "Huh" is not innate (other primates don't say it), but the circumstances of its use …
The study of huh?
Neil and Talia, I think Will is on to something.
This, along with "OK". http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273
The universal word: "huh".
We are all one! ... Huh?
This is pretty cool: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273
"Huh" is the universal word, say linguists. "Huh" is not innate (other primates don't say it), but the circumstances of its use …
"Huh" appears to transcend language barriers.
以下的報導來自今天的《東方》。如果對這個問題有興趣,不妨看看《PLoS ONE》原本的文章(點擊以下的連結)。 ----------------------------------- 「吓」字易發音易理解 多國通用 【本報綜合報道】人們通常在希望他人重…
Hmm... love linguistics :3
this is really cool
"Huh" is a universal word?
Seems as though we're all unified by our confusion -- "Huh?" may be one of the only universal words.
"Huh" is the universal word, say linguists. "Huh" is not innate (other primates don't say it), but the circumstances of its use …
"Huh" is the universal word, say linguists. "Huh" is not innate (other primates don't say it), but the circumstances of its use …
I just used this word. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078273
Interesting. Is “Huh?” a Universal Word? Conversational Infrastructure and the Convergent Evolution of Linguistic Items
有哪一個“字”是跨五大洲說出來人們都聽得懂的?最近一篇由語言學家投稿在Plos One期刊推舉這一個字: ”Huh”. (Huh? 真有這種研究啊?) Are there words that are universally understood…
Interesting article by some great researchers, one of whom I had the pleasure of meeting a few years back.