Silly Linguistics Issue #80 is now available
Get it by clicking download below Linguistics illusions: do not blink or you will miss itBy Neda Stefanović Language Overview: MokshaBy Steve the vagabond Linguistics 101Part 3 – What is phoneticsBy Steve the vagabond 15 fun language facts to kick the year off!By Joana Atanasova The Gaelic dialect of western Islay, and comments on prehistoric […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #78 is now available
Subscribers can get it by clicking the link below Learning how to learn: Confronting misconceptions and myths about language learningBy Steve the vagabond Initial consonant mutations in modern Irish, a question of point of view? Part 2By Linguipixie Germanic languages love RBy Steve the vagabond (Double) standard and non-standard languageBy Neda Stefanović Ad hoq: The […]
Me, myself and I – An exploration of a weird phenomenon in Modern English
Modern English is a rather strange language. It is a basically a train wreck between Anglo Saxon (also known as Old English), Old Norse and Norman French Here’s an example I am mad (mad comes from Old English ġemǣdd) I am angry (angry comes from Old Norse angr) I am agitated (agitate comes from Latin […]
Life as an Anxious Language Learner
“You really don’t say a lot in class,” my American classmate remarked one day. “I know. Bet you wonder what an anxious introvert is learning languages for,” I replied jokingly, but he seemed genuinely confused. “That’s exactly what I was wondering.”It had taken eight weeks of Chinese class for me to find the courage to […]
What is a language?
What exactly constitutes a language? Or a dialect, for that matter? From my own observations, most people have only a vague impression of the distinction between a language and a dialect. In this entry, I shall attempt to pen out my thoughts and thereby offer you a fresh perspective, of which you have been deprived […]
The Neurolinguistics of Tonal Languages
First of all, if the title of this article grabbed your attention, then I would bet the quantity in my wallet right now (which is, by the way, not a lot!) that you are already familiar with the concept of linguistic tone. If not, however, then I hope those already in-the-know would not mind a […]
