#linguistics

Some words describe processes. A few words are themselves undergoing the process they describe.

Blue appears late in almost every ancient language — and what that might mean about the relationship between language, perception, and what we actually see.

Some words carry their contradiction inside them — and the fact that we don't notice is the most interesting part.

How languages carve color space differently — and what happens to perception when a word appears.

On words that contradict themselves, and what it means when language turns against its own meaning.