LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES

An explanation of linguistic theory and large language models—the top contenders for understanding human language—in the context of the brain, from a leading neurolinguist.

The act of translation as a pedagogical tool, a political act, and ultimately a gesture of care in these tense cultural times.

A simple grammar formalism—dependency grammar—motivated by the observation that longer distance connections between words are harder to make.

How effective individuals, teams, and organizations routinely communicate slow to go fast, and how time as a feature of human experience can actually be designed.

A critical synthesis of over 150 years of research on the brain’s networks that enable us to communicate through language.

A novel analysis that understands bibliographic classification systems as autonomous documents and not just as information retrieval tools.

An argument for replacing Chomsky’s set-theoretic Merge view of syntax with a theory of syntax based on mereological objects.

The story of the rise of networked data through the evolution of archiving and digital storage.

The dynamics of news reception during the 2019 Argentine elections, and how distrust of the media can protect audiences from both misinformation and attempts to correct it.

A fascinating data adventure through the lens of macroscopes, which offer us illuminating and holistic views of our ever-changing world.