Linguistics

US Army Linguists Get $150,000 Mega Bonus

Odur Joe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:23:36 -0500

The US Army is set to handsomely reward people fluent in Arabic and other languages they the army deems strategic for its missions.

How to be a high flyer

seher — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:39:18 -0600

The University of Bristol Language Centre has been selected by CILT, the National Centre for Languages to take part in a project funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) to design and deliver an innovative new language-learning programme. Entitled ‘Gateways into the Professions’, the project connects students with employers and professional bodies while they are still at university.

No easy answers in evolution of human language

harminka — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:35:50 -0600

The evolution of human speech was far more complex than is implied by some recent attempts to link it to a specific gene, says Robert Berwick, professor of computational linguistics at MIT.

Basis Technology Supports Lucene Search Engine

Nymphadora — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:48:27 -0500

Basis Technology Corp. announced today that it is delivering advanced linguistics modules integrated with the Lucene open source search engine.

Linguistics expert to speak on language extinction

harminka — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:02:53 -0600