People who speak more than one language are fascinating. They provide insight into the power of language and how it shapes the way we think […]
Category: Linguistics
What Is Comparative linguistics?
Comparative linguistics, formerly Comparative Grammar, or Comparative Philology, the study of the relationships or correspondences between two or more languages and the techniques used to discover whether […]
7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
An idiom is a phrase that is common to a certain population. It is typically figurative and usually is not understandable based solely on the […]
The Language You Speak Influences What You Look at
Psycholinguistics is a field at the intersection of psychology and linguistics, and one of its recent discoveries is that the languages we speak influence our […]