Software traces history of linguistics

A Computer Program Uncovers The Evolutionary History Of Words
By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com

Software performs feats of historical linguistics.

Lan­guages are hard; it takes a trained ear to tease out not just the ver­biage but the idiomat­ic expres­sions, the tone, the region­al trends and ever-shifting insults that make a per­son trul…

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