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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>

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  • Dos and don'ts for college students seeking research experience, July 2025   <link>
  • Where do new words come from? June 2025   <link>
  • What does it mean to know a language? May 2025   <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   <li​nk>
  • "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>
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