All Things Linguistic

lingthusiasm:95: Lo! An undetached collection of meaning-parts! Imagine you’re in a field with someone whose language you don’t speak. A rabbit scurries by. The other person says “Gavagai!” You...

dashboarddiaries:Every Tumblr user knows that we Tumblrinas use language a little differently. We’re not like other social media users. We’re weird. We’re weirdos. And this month, we have actual...

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 94: The perfectly imperfect aspect episodeWhen we’re talking about an activity – say, throwing teacups in a lake – we often want to know not just when the action...