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- Polarization, brain rot and brat – the 2024 words of the year point to the power, perils and ephemeral nature of digital life. December 2024 <link>
- An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet. November 2024 <link>
- Does Democratic VP candidate Walz swear too damn much? August 2024 <link>
- Trump’s raised fist is a go-togesture with a long history of different meanings. July 2024 <link>
- 'The former guy' versus 'Sleepy Joe' -- why Biden and Trump are loath to utter each other's name. April 2024 <link>
- 'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn’t 'nibling' made the cut? January 2024 <link>
- Plagiarism is not always easy to define or detect. January 2024 <link>
- Merriam-Webster’s word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI’s ability to deceive and dehumanize. November 2023 <link>
- How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture. June 2023 <link>
- What is that voice in your head when you read? May 2023 <link>
- A tweak to the University of Nebraska's logo shows how the once benign 'OK' sign has entered a 'purgatory of meaning.' April 2023 <link>
- What is 'algospeak'? Inside the newest version of linguistic subterfuge. April 2023 <link>
-summarized in The New York Times, May 2023 <link>
- How 'gate' became the syllable of scandal. May 2022 <link>
- 'Let’s Go Brandon' and the linguistic jiujitsu of American politics. November 2021 <link>
- How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explain. January 2021 <link>
- The complicated origin of the expression 'peanut gallery.' November 2020 <link>
- How COVID-19 is changing the English language. September 2020 <link>
- Charlie Hebdo shootings served as an extreme example of the history of attacks on satirists. September 2020 <link>
- Why 'I was just being sarcastic' can be such a convenient excuse. July 2020 <link>
- What makes something ironic? February 2020 <link>
- One skill that doesn't deteriorate with age. September 2019 <link>
-also featured in "Grammar Girl" podcast #939, August 2023 <link>
- A link between language and longevity? April 2025 <link>
- The truth about writer’s block, March 2025 <link>
- 3 books that can make you a better writer, February 2025 <link>
- Good news for second language learners, January 2025 <link>
- Can't think of a word or name? Help may be a tap away, December 2024 <link>
- Who decides when to capitalize? November 2024 <link>
- The colorful language of subterfuge, October 2024 <link>
- What bridezillas can tell us about English, September 2024 <link>
- The hardest part of learning another language, July 2024 <link>
- The logic of drug names, July 2024 <link>
- Are weasel words affecting your relationships? June 2024 <link>
- Who decides what words mean? May 2024 <link>
- What's the good word? April 2024 <link>
- The rise of 'girl' words, March 2024 <link>
- Getting the hang of some internet slang, February 2024 <link>
- The language of intimidation, January 2024 <link>
- How anyone can get more rizz, December 2023 <link>
- Allow me to interject, November 2023 <link>
- When good words go bad, October 2023 <link>
- What your idiolect says about you, September 2023 <link>
- Is speed listening right for you?, July 2023 <link>
- Why we mishear each other so often, July 2023 <link>
- These books will change how you think about language, June 2023 <link>
- Biases in how we communicate can't be fixed with emojis, May 2023 <link>
- The problem with emojis, May 2023 <link>
- In praise of mixed metaphors, April 2023 <link>
- How we talk when we talk about January 6, March 2023 <link>
- How the words candidates use affect their campaigns, February 2023 <link>
Other online articles
- Blurred lines: Universities need to define academic plagiarism — many don’t. The Boston Globe, January 2024 <link>
- Language and Identity. The Academic Minute, October 2023 <link>
- English and Covid: A language meets a pandemic. The World Financial Review, January 2022 <link>
- Irony and the OED (academic case studies). Oxford English Dictionary, January 2021 <link>
- Is Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis ironic? PopMatters, October 2020 <link>
- Pragmatics in the classroom: Don’t take it literally. TESL Ontario Contact, November 2017 <link>
- Another language at any age. Healthy Aging, Spring/Summer 2017 <link>
Book excerpts
- 'I've lost my identity': On the mysteries of foreign accent syndrome (excerpted from Changing Minds, chapter three). The MIT Press Reader, March 2021 <link>
- What the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon says about cognitive aging (excerpted from Changing Minds, chapter three). The MIT Press Reader, December 2020 <link>
- What irony is not (Irony and Sarcasm, chapter five). The MIT Press Reader, August 2020 <link>
- The irony of how we use the word 'irony' (excerpted from Irony and Sarcasm, chapter two). Salon, February 2020 <link>
- Proxemics 101: Understanding personal space across cultures (excerpted from Getting Through, chapter five). The MIT Press Reader, December 2019 <link>
- Telling stories: why your elderly relatives are the best storytellers (excerpted from Changing Minds, chapter four). BBC Science Focus, September 2019 <link>
- Can learning a foreign language prevent dementia? (excerpted from Becoming Fluent, chapter five). The MIT Press Reader, July 2019 <link>
Interviews
- Originality & plagiarism: The “grey zone” of A.I. creativity. Metamind with Eben Pagan, May 2024 <link>
- Merriam-Webster's word of the year: authentic. The Shaye Ganam Show, November, 2023 <link>
- Why we often misunderstand each other. Something You Should Know, July 2023 <link>
- What is social media 'algospeak' and how does it interact with AI? KCBS Radio, April 2023 <link>
- Fifty years since the Watergate affair. BBC World Service Newshour, June 2022 <link>
- "50 years after Watergate, the 'gate' suffix describes scandals big and small," CBC Day 6, June 2022 <link>
- How to communicate. BBC News World Service Business Daily, June 2021 <link>
- New Books Network interview with Malcolm Keating, January 2021 <link>
- The David Feldman Show, Episode 1155, July 2020 <link>
- Podcast with James Harrigan, Freedom Center Today, June 2020 <link>
- "Coronavirus is reshaping personal space. But what does that really mean?" Maria Paula Rubiano, Scienceline, May 2020 <link>
- Podcast with Bobbi and Mike Carducci. Rodger That, January 2020 <link>
- Podcast with Paul Vogelzang, The Not Old - Better Show, December 2019 <link>
- Tackling mental health myths. All in the Mind, BBC Radio 4, November 2019 <link>
- Chinese Social Sciences Today, September 2019 <link>
- Podcast with Kerstin Cable, The Fluent Show, April 2019 <link>
- "Context matters: Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts explore the pitfalls when we talk across cultural barriers." Chapter 16, January 2018 <link>
- Getting Through, MIT Press blog, October 2017 <link>
- Becoming Fluent, MIT Press blog, January 2016 <link>
- Radio interview on 1013 Main Street, Broadcast on TBS eFM, Seoul, South Korea, January 2014:
Videos
- NEDTalks, University of Memphis, April 2017 <link>
- Mind, Technology, and Society Talk Series, UC Merced, March 2017 <link>
- Cognitive Science Seminar, University of Memphis, September 2015 <link>
Media coverage
- "5 ways to master a second language." AARP, August 2024 <link>
- "Defining plagiarism, how to avoid it." VOA Learning English, January 2024 <link>
- "From COVID to curbside, 2020 changed our vocabulary too." Los Angeles Times, December 2020 <link>
- The Foreign Service Journal, November 2020 <link>
- "Our love-hate relationship with sarcasm." Medium, August 2020 <link>
- "Can you learn a new language after 50?" AARP, February 2020 <link>
- "Is it just me, or does Duolingo not work?" New York magazine, January 2019 <link>
- "So you want to date someone who's sarcastic? How original." The Washington Post, November 2018 <link>
- "How nonverbal cues can break down language barrier, according to a travel psychologist," May 2018 <link>
- "What's in a chunk? Enhancing vocabulary learning in the EFL classroom," April 2018 <link>
- The Foreign Service Journal, November 2017 <link>
- The Foreign Service Journal, November 2015 <link>
- "People love your sarcasm, really." The Wall Street Journal, August 2015 (subscription required) <link>
- "All your questions about the Jinx finale answered." Slate, March 2015 <link>