Linguistics
For everyone
The field that studies the structure, history and diversity of human language and how it works in the mind. More than 7,000 languages are spoken today, almost half of them endangered. How languages are related and where they were first spoken are among the field's most debated questions.
For specialists
Its main sub-fields are phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical and comparative linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics. The comparative method of historical linguistics reconstructs ancestral languages from regular sound correspondences; in recent years phylogenetic statistical methods have also been used.
Claims
- According to the 2025 edition of Ethnologue there are 7,159 living languages, 3,193 of which are endangered.[1]
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New research in this branch
Notable in peer-reviewed journals
- Pride and Shame in English Learning: Mediating the Relationship Between Classroom Environment and English Learning Engagement — Gongwei Guo, Zhihui Tang, Honggang Liu · 2026-09-03 · European Journal of Education
- Bridging Parental Investment and Children's Willingness to Communicate With AI : A Serial Mediation of Self‐Efficacy and Autonomy in AI ‐Enhanced Informal Digital Learning of English — Honggang Liu, Jiqun Fan, Qinqing Zhang · 2026-09-15 · European Journal of Education
- Resourcing AI-mediated informal digital learning of English: pathways through L2 shame and foreign language peace of mind — Yaochen Deng, Lei Yang, Yifan Wang · 2026-09-16 · Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
- Beyond the individual: A scoping review of passion in language education through ecological systems theory — Hui Chen, Lian Liu, Apisak Sukying · 2026-10-01 · Acta Psychologica
Turkish-language papers
- Yeni Lisan Hareketi’nin Pozitivist Kaynakları — Serkan Özdemir · 2025-12-31 · Türkiyat Mecmuası / Journal of Turkology
- Sarf İlmi Bağlamında Kıraat Farklılıkları ve Anlam Çeşitliliğine Etkisi — Cafer Yıldız · 2025-12-31 · Düzce İlahiyat Dergisi
- Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe ve İngilizce Öğretiminde Folklorik Unsurların Kullanımı: Ders Kitaplarında Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz — Özge Yıldız, Feryal Çubukçu · 2025-12-29 · Buca eğitim fakültesi dergisi (Online)/Buca Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi
- Kıraatlerin Şiirle İstişhâdı: Ebû Ali El-Fârisî’nin El-Hücce İsimli Eseri — İhsan Sütşurup · 2025-12-15 · cumhuriyet ilahiyat dergisi
Preprints (may not be peer-reviewed yet)
- Elucidating the Design Space of LM Data Attribution — Steven Yu, Sheng-Yu Wang, Kimia Hamidieh et al. · 2026-10-29 · arXiv
- ShallowDefend: Harnessing Shallow Safety Alignment for Multi-Turn Defender — Qiyao Ma, Xiaodong Liu, Weiwei Yang et al. · 2026-10-29 · arXiv
- Testimony from Timelines: Evidence-Grounded Significance Testing of Temporal Clinical Hypotheses — Chengyang He, Wenlong Zhang, Koduvayur Subbalakshmi et al. · 2026-10-29 · arXiv
- TextSeal2: Distortion-Free LLM Watermarking with Copula Mixing and Memoryless Races — Tom Sander, Pierre Fernandez, Itai Gat et al. · 2026-10-29 · arXiv
Sources
- Dataset (2025). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International, Dallasethnologue.comarchive
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Athena contributors. (2026). Linguistics. Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/dilbilim/
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