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Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #64 September 2023

Support Silly Linguistics’ mission of bringing language and linguistics to everyone by subscribing to our magazine From Bytes to Bard: David Crystal on AI’s influence on language and Shakespeare’s Eternal Spotlight By Faith Huggins “Sweet Little Cash”: the Pole’s Love Affair with Baby Talk By Barbara Nykiel-Herbert Holy sacred language! By Joana Atanasova Foreign Accent […]

Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #63 August 2023

Can a Word Look Like Its Meaning? Evidence says “Yes” By Chris Wright Multilingual hypochondriac travelers By Letizia Orru Is America really to blame for the corruption of the King’s English? By Angela McAndrew You are Bilingual!! Oh, You Are a Language Blender By Julia Makarem The Pen is Mightier than the Sword: Jose Rizal’s […]

Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #62 July 2023

Constructed Languages: From Esperanto to Dothraki, the Art of Language Invention By Catherine Allaway Rise of the Weather Wise By JB Cummins Spiriting names away, what a howling game! By Linguipixie Ahorita By Hanna Niklewicz Tmesis: The Tickling Twist in Language that’s Totally Tubular! By Matthew Evans Searching for the ‘Cumbric’ language in the Old […]

Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #61 June 2023

The Genius of Emily Dickinson By Andrea Bush Why Learn a minority language? By Katie Roskams Esperanto: Epic Fail or Nah? By Justin Burgy How languages can change your life! By Catherine Allaway Ñembotavy – one of the words that most impressed me in Guaraní By Anna Giese On the Record: The Voices that Saved […]

Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #60 May 2023

Days of the Week: Wednesday By John Harrison Reclaiming Scots as slang By David Carr The Filipino is the Filipino By Angela Santos I hate morphology! By Linguipixie Mamma mia! How “mama” was the first word in recorded history By Joana Atanasova Some (new insights) on verbal tenses By Valentine Pradelou How to speak Strine: […]

Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #59 April 2023

Ah nein! My kinder ist bilingual! By Joana Atanasova Oh my Polish pronunciation! By Lydia Pryba DoW: Monday, manic Dies Lunae By Arthur Harrison The language of love – La lenga de l’amor By Linguipixie Stop. Do not read this article By Joana Bourlon Searching for the ‘Cumbric’ language in the Old North (Northern England […]