Silly Linguistics Magazine Preview – Issue #29
When Alex the African grey parrot was asked “What shape?” about a triangle, he’d correctlyreply “three-cornered”. If Alex was shown a collection of three red, five blue and four greenblocks and asked “What colour five?”, he would correctly say “blue”. Alex even understood theconcept of zero, because when asked “What colour bigger?”, he’d say “none” […]
What if William the Conqueror never existed?
William the Conqueror, as he was later known, is famous for invading England in 1066 and setting up a dynasty that has lasted until today. He came from Normandy which was French speaking and so the Normans brought a lot of French to England. 1066 is commonly regarded as the end of the Old English […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Preview – Issue #28
This month’s dispatch, after a brief summer hiatus, is from Italy as Aisla McArthur discusses her experienceof language learning in Florence, during the pandemic, as she also learns the role of non-formal languageacquisition. A trip to Florence in 2020 seemed like a pipe dream just a few weeks ago. This year was hardly the prosperous […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Preview – Issue #28
If there’s one thing everyone in the world can agree on, it’s this: English is a very, very weird language. How weird, I hear you ask? Well, apart from having more exceptions to rules than rules themselves, I’ve recently discovered a sentence that is both nonsensical and grammatically correct. It contains the word “buffalo”… andnothing […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Preview – Issue 50
Wow! We made it to 50 issues. Thanks to everyone who helped us get here 🙂 Editor’s retrospective Retrospectives from the writers The reality of word learning By Lydia Pryba Amazing Australians By Joana Atanasvoa Tolkien, the Philologist How a linguist brought Middle Earth to life By Rebekah Bradshaw Today’s specials: an untold fold, crushed […]
