language
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2020’s top 100 journal articles
Disadvantages in preparing and publishing scientific papers caused by the dominance of the English language in science: The case of Colombian researchers in biological sciences [Top 100 research & commentary of 2020]
Multilinguistic alternatives to current English language biases in academic publishing are an important consideration in the decolonisation of knowledge.
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Brain power
Indigenous languages must feature more in science communication
Considering the language aspect of knowledge transfer.
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2016's top 100 journal articles
Natural speech used to map semantic system of cerebral cortex [2016’s top 100 journal articles]
Research subjects listened to narrative stories while brain responses were recorded by fMRI. Voxel-wise modelling was then used to estimate…
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Systems and complexity
The Emoji Evolution: The short and long of the emoji
Can emoji be defined as a language? Exploring the place of emoji in modern communication.
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In the news
For the first time ever, the Word of the Year is not actually a word
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is not a word. For the first time ever, it’s an emoji…
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Systems and complexity
Clarification techniques are universal in language
A fantastic linguistic study by Mark Dingemanse and Nick Enfield has shown that languages use three near-universal techniques to clarify potential…
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In the news
Is the rise of emoji a death sentence for written language?
There are concerns that the rise in the use of emoji – those small, often yellow-faced icons used to convey…