What research on whales and birds reveals about inter-species communication.
4.7.26 – Psychology Today: Exploring Extraterrestrial Language
What would alien languages look like and why should we care?
2.14.26 – Psychology Today: Presidential Words for Presidents Day
Why – and how – do U.S. presidents invent new words?
1.20.26 – Grammar Girl: Exploring ‘O’ Plurals
You spell ‘tomatoes’; I spell ‘tomatos’?!
8.26.25 – Grammar Girl: Near Miss or Near Hit?
Is it ‘near miss’ or ‘near hit’? Dr. Schilling discusses…
10.30.25 – Psychology Today: Halloween Eve
What do you call the night before Halloween?
8.3.2025 – Psychology Today: Linguistic Fingerprints?
How linguists help solve language crimes
7.1.2025 – Grammar Girl: Is ‘Sick’ Good?
Dr. Schilling takes a look at the word “sick.”
5.20.2025 – Grammar Girl: Why ‘Wake’ is Confusing
Is it “woke,” “woken,” or “waked”?
4.14.2025 – Natalie Schilling on Effectively Wild
Natalie gets involved with a 130-year-old sports mystery!
Language Science and Trademark Disputes
Linguists, or language scientists, make valuable expert witnesses in trademark disputes, including in cases involving similarity of mark and strength of mark.