Language Science Resources
Check out the sources below for info on different language science topics. These are great for students, teachers, and everyday language scientists.
Crash Course Linguistics
Crash Course series on the science of linguistics. Over 16 episodes, Taylor Behnke will teach you all about language, from its structure, to the relationship between language and our identity, the brain, and computers, to writing, language acquisition, and the diversity of human languages. This is a great place to start learning about language science!
How Language Shapes the Way We Think | Lera Boroditsky
TED Talk by cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky on the power of language to shape how we think. “The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is,” Boroditsky says. “Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000.”
The Significance of Linguistic Profiling | John Baugh
TED Talk by renowned linguist John Baugh on the sociolinguistic phenomenon of linguistic profiling. Dr. Baugh explains dialects, accents, and our linguistic heritages, and then delves into the ways linguistic bias can impact individuals and communities.
Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Impact of Language
A lesson plan for high school students from the PBS Great American Read series that incorporates principles and tools of language science. In this lesson, students investigate the preconcieved notions people have about accents and dialects, and how Zora Neale Hurston uses language in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Celebrating many meanings: Language comprehension and the importance of Black English, with Jasmine Rogers
Reading specialist and researcher Dr. Jasmine Rogers discusses Black Language and how it connects with the language comprehension strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope. She offers recommendations for classroom teachers who have bidialectal students. Science of Reading: The Podcast, season 6 episode 12.