How The Evolution Of Language Is Harming Our Ability To Communicate

A new study published in The Philosophical Quarterly has revealed that our approach to words like ‘woke’ and ‘gaslighting’ are harming our relationship with language, and with one another.

The paper outlines that words such as ‘woke’, ‘depression’, ‘gaslighting’ and ‘emotional labour’ have all deviated from their original meanings in recent years and left us disarmed without specific words to describe useful concepts.

Dr Robert Morgan – a Lecturer and Consultant at the University of...