Skeptophilia

Given my ongoing fascination with languages, it's a little surprising that I didn't come across a paper published a while back in th...

When we think of the word "endangered," usually what comes to mind isn't "languages," but there are a staggering num...

There's an unfortunate but natural tendency for us to assume that because something is done a particular way in the culture we were rais...

Sometimes I have thoughts that blindside me. The last time that happened was three days ago, while I was working in my office and our elde...

Here's a bit of writing that should be familiar to most of you. Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum; Si þin nama gehalgod to becume þin r...

If we are ever lucky enough to contact intelligent extraterrestrial life, one of the difficulties will be communicating with them -- or even...