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UK Becomes Multilingual, Thanks to Linguistics Society of America https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-becomes-multilingual-thanks-linguistics-society-america

The Linguistics Behind Dialects https://campaign.ncsu.edu/news/2017/07/the-linguistics-behind-dialects/

Celebrating Cook Island Language Week https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/latest-news/celebrating-cook-island-language-week

Facebook Messenger Update Introduces AI for Business Objectives https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/08/facebook-messenger-platform-update.html

What Is Ray Kurzweil Up to at Google? Writing Your Emails https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-ray-kurzweil-up-to-at-google-writing-your-emails/

USAA pilots conversational AI on Amazon Alexa https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/30913/usaa-pilots-conversational-ai-on-amazon-alexa/retail

Why FPS  Video Games are Crazy-Good at Teaching A.I. Language https://www.inverse.com/article/34934-google-deepmind-carnegie-mellon-a-i-3d-shooters-video-games-language

Facebook Acquires Ozlo As Part Of Conversational AI Push https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/08/facebook-acquires-ozlo-part-conversational-ai-push.html

The LINGUIST List: Meet our 2017 Interns! https://blog.linguistlist.org/ll-main/meet-our-2017-interns/

The Swiss Tower of Babel http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/08/01/the-swiss-tower-of-babel/

‘Dictionary of American Regional English’ Speaks! http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2017/08/01/dictionary-of-american-regional-english-speaks/

Is The Dothraki Language In Game Of Thrones A Proper Language? http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/special-shows/the-mystery-hour/is-the-dothraki-language-in-game-of-thrones-a-prop/  

Make Better Decisions With These 5 Bias-Destroying TED Talks: Linguist John McWhorter on texting https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/5-ted-talks-that-will-bust-your-biases.html  

Program spurs students to do detective work to explore Aboriginal languages https://news.yale.edu/2017/08/01/program-spurs-students-do-detective-work-explore-aboriginal-languages

New Hunting Film from Sitka: 'The Linguists' https://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2017/07/31/new-hunting-film-sitka-linguists/

Linguists turn conservation efforts to Ladino https://www.thejc.com/news/world/linguists-turn-conservation-efforts-to-ladino-1.442298

English-French bilingualism hits all-time high amid linguistic diversity http://www.570news.com/2017/08/02/english-french-bilingualism-hits-time-high-amid-linguistic-diversity/

' The Seventh Function of Language ' Is A Postmodern Mashup Of Fact, Fiction And Philosophy http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/539597890/seventh-function-is-a-postmodern-mashup-of-fact-fiction-and-philosophy