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Silly Linguistics

Issue 88
Magazine
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We here at Silly Linguistics love language and linguistics and want to share it with the world. Have you ever wondered why English spelling was so weird? Have you ever wondered where words come from? Well, in this magazine we cover all this and more. We talk to linguists and ask them all sorts of interesting questions about language. We talk to language lovers and talk to them about their highs and lows of language learning.

CALLING EACH THING BY ITS CORRECT NAME... OR RATHER NOT?

Mysterious WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS • How the Sheer Number of Words in English Presents Issues for Native English Speakers

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH CKQ ?

Why French has a New Word for “Not”

BLAST FROM THE PAST FINDING THE LANGUAGE TO WARN OUR FUTURE SELVES

ON MONGOLIC LANGUAGES, THE MONGOLIAN LANGUAGE AND ANCIENT HISTORY

PUNCTUATION slash CONJUNCTION • HOW A LITTLE LINE BROKE ITS WAY INTO AN EXCLUSIVE WORD CLASS

The Islands of the Sea • LANGUAGE AMONG THE FIRST JEWS IN BRITAIN

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Languages

  • English