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.

SILLY LINGUISTICS TRIVIA #2

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW • What Do Our Names for Birds Say About the English Language, It’s Spread, and Its Relationship to the Environment?

Inscripts • Writing as Technology

BE!RS • How Taboos Work Their Way into Our Language

ARRIVAL • The Lexicon of Aliens

LANGUAGE AROUND SOGNEFJORD IN WESTERN NORWAY • The Aurland dialect and ancient language