Michael Erard

Michael Erard is an author, journalist, and linguist.

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Health and Healthcare Systems

These brothers are combining linguistics and AI to increase the quality of end-of-life care

Bob and David Gramling are combining palliative care expertise, linguistics and AI to encourage more effective conversations between doctors and people receiving end-of-life care.

04 Sep 2019

Education and Skills

Studying an emerging sign language won’t kill it – so what are linguists scared of?

Emerging sign languages could reveal how all language evolved – but keeping these fragile languages isolated for research may mean the people who rely on them lose out.

01 Mar 2019

How our brains treat foreign accents

Stereotypes of non-native speakers may actually start with how our brains process foreign accents in the first place.

26 Feb 2016