Ace Linguist

In the anime “Chihayafuru,” a team of high schoolers plays a card game called ‘karuta’. It’s based around hearing a reader read a poem aloud...

The IPA is a pretty good invention, allowing us to transcribe languages with as much precision as we feel is necessary. It's especially ...

We all know when someone is listing something in a speech, but what is it about the intonation that tells us a list is happening? I had alwa...