Far from being a sign of poor education, Appalachian English is a complex, rule-governed dialect rooted in Elizabethan history and…
Discover the linguistics behind Thaana, the unique writing system of the Maldives, where the alphabet is literally built from numbers.…
In the early 20th century, Ludwig Sütterlin designed a unique handwriting script that became the standard in German schools, only…
While stuttering is widely recognized, Cluttering is the "orphan" of speech disorders, characterized by rapid bursts of speech and the…
Is the word "cat" purely random, or does the sound itself carry the essence of the animal? We revisit Plato’s…
Think of verbs like atoms in a chemistry lab: just as atoms bond with a specific number of electrons, verbs…
Usually, we introduce a person by name before using a pronoun, but cataphora flips the script ("Before he left, John…
Echolalia, the involuntary repetition of another person's words, has long been misunderstood as a barrier to communication. However, through the…
Hypercorrection is the linguistic tragedy of trying so hard to be right that you end up wrong. From the awkwardness…
Eye Dialect is a literary technique where authors use non-standard spelling (like "wimmin" or "sez") to represent standard pronunciations, typically…
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