Silly Linguistics

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.

On the Shoulders of Giants • When Metaphor Isn’t Metaphor

Are you feeling “melancholic” or “sanguine”? • How ancient medical philoshophy has left a lasting mark on modern English

Minecraft’s Alvdalen

Palum • THE NEW WORD QUENCHING INDONESIA’S THIRST FOR LANGUAGE

TOWERS, FLOODS, AND COSMOS • What the myths tell us about language origns

Oh NO, THE MAIN CHARACTER GOT BAKED INTO THE SYNTAX! • JUDITH AISSEN’S CASE FOR ABSTRACT OBVIATION

On non-Norse language in Iceland, and Icelandic magical staves - a mysterious symbolic language