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Showing posts with label linguistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linguistics. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Unique Word, Common Problem

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By Supriya Savkoor Every now and then, I learn a new word that I wonder how I couldn’t have known before. The one I learned most recently ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

No, Really, Who Am I?

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Someone recently asked whether my family is north or south Indian, and the question gave me serious pause. I know, it should be a fairly str...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

The Traveling Word – Denglish, Yenglish, and Linguistic Globetrotters

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Public Viewing in Berlin Photo by Thalan I love it when words go a-travelin’. I picture them walking down the syntactical breezeway o...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

How Many Syllables Are in That Word?

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When most Americans see Arabic script, the first thing that comes to mind is Islam, the Koran and perhaps those blue and gold postage stam...
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