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Silly Linguistics

Issue 96
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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.

WHEN A “BROKEN LASSO” IS A BLESSING • HOW NOMADIC LIFE SHAPED MONGOLIAN IDIOMS

WE AND WE THE BEAUTIFUL BURDEN OF CLUSIVITY

Vegetables are a social construct • Or the phenomenon of things that are only real in language

ARE THERE ALIENS AMONG US? • THE VOYNICH DOCUMENT

JAPANESE GENDER & PRONOUNS IV THE STEREOTYPICAL MASCULINE

IN WHICH CASES (SHOULD WE USE BRACKETS)?

A History of the English Language Part 1

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  • OverDrive Magazine

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Languages

  • English