2022-11-23

Department of Linguistics

New publication: "Progressives in present and past"

A study by Ghazaleh Vafaeian investigates the relationship between progressive patterns and present and past time reference.

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2022-11-08

Smell words differ primarily in terms of pleasantness and edibility

Most languages lack a specialized vocabulary to describe smell experiences. People instead use words from other domains, such as “heavy”, “good” or “fruity”, when talking about smells. But which words are really used and how do they relate to each other? This has been answered for English by researchers at Stockholm University by using a fully automatic method that is based on texts from the Internet.

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2022-10-04

Department of Linguistics

Caroline and Anastasia are new PhD students in general linguistics

We welcome two new PhD students to the Department of Linguistics: Caroline Arvidsson and Anastasia "Nastja" Panova. Both are linked to the research section of general linguistics.

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