Questions tagged [linguistics]
For questions regarding the study of language, its representation in the mind, its role in psychological development, and its processing by the brain in applied tasks like reading.
60
questions
28
votes
1
answer
1k
views
The effects of bilingualism on colour perception
Peltola et al. (2012) showed that there are two types of bilinguals.
Balanced bilinguals mix their two languages and are effected by linguistic categories from both.
Dominant bilinguals seem to ...
- 12.3k
24
votes
4
answers
5k
views
How long does it take to read a sentence with X number of characters?
How does the time needed to read a sentence scale with the number of characters? Or does this time scaling depend on something more than just character count?
For example, let $X$ be the number of ...
- 675
23
votes
1
answer
417
views
How do emotions influence the language structures we use?
What are the verbal signs of subjectivity?
I am doing research about the linguistic content of media (debates, talk-show, sport comments). It occurs that once the participant gets nervous or excited, ...
- 231
17
votes
1
answer
840
views
Does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis apply to artificial (specifically programming) languages?
As a computer programmer, I have an intuition that the idea "language influences thought" is very relevant to programmers and programming languages.
Is there any research that examines whether ...
- 445
14
votes
1
answer
7k
views
How to get rid of subvocalization?
When I read a text written in latin alphabet and I want to understand what it means I usually
transform each word into spoken word (internal speech) and
then I transform it into meaning.
I can't get ...
- 373
13
votes
3
answers
3k
views
What is the effect of motherese on development?
Most cultures (Falk, 2009) have a special type of language that is used to talk to children: infant-directed-speech (IDL; or informally, motherese, baby talk). For instance, Fernald (1992) argues that ...
- 12.3k
11
votes
1
answer
282
views
Do readers consider the passive voice as more authoritative?
In the middle of the last century (roughly from the 20s-70s) the passive voice dominated scientific writing; or should it be said that scientific writing was dominated by the passive voice?
Nowadays,...
- 12.3k
10
votes
1
answer
264
views
Does the brain generate identical words in different languages similarly?
Saying (or even just thinking) a word or phrase results from activity in multiple regions of your brain. Of course, we can measure/'map' this activity to some degree; From wikipedia:
EEG measures ...
8
votes
3
answers
286
views
To what extent does bilingualism help in education?
There has been a lot of debate over bilingualism in education. I have read a bit on the website of the National Association for Bilingual Education and some other links to read about bilingualism. ...
8
votes
3
answers
209
views
Why does autism sometimes impede the ability to produce speech?
My seventeen year old brother is severely autistic and unable to communicate. He can produce sounds, and imitate words, but he doesn't respond to words in a way that suggests he understands them. His ...
- 287
8
votes
1
answer
151
views
Judgments of similarity between samples of writing
I was thinking last night about the possibility of an experiment that investigates the factors contributing to peoples' judgments of 'stylistic similarity' between two samples of writing.
For example, ...
- 81
6
votes
1
answer
148
views
Technical term for the loss of words in your mother-tongue when speaking a different language
I am basically looking for two words which are, though, related to some degree. It might even be that ultimately the same word is the answer to both parts of this question.
I split them up into two ...
- 213
5
votes
1
answer
179
views
Technical term for the temporary loss of understanding a word
I am basically looking for two words which are related to some degree. Ultimately the same word might even be the answer to both parts of this question.
I split them up into two questions (see also ...
- 213
5
votes
1
answer
186
views
Does knowing a word for an emotion cause a person to feel the emotion more frequently?
I am aware of the Frequency Illusion which makes it more likely for us to notice a new word if we just heard about it recently, but I was wondering if this is true for emotions as well.
Logically, I ...
5
votes
1
answer
121
views
Counterfactual thinking and the origin of language
I want to apologize in advance for my dearth of knowledge concerning cognitive science research and history, I'm an AI student.
I've been reading up on cognitive science/linguistics literature mostly ...
- 151