linguistics
Are you thinking about getting a linguistics degree? Here’s everything I wish I knew before enrolling in my first linguistics class.
Acadian French is the second most common variety of French used in Canada, after Quebec French. Today, you are most likely to meet Acadian French speakers in New Brunswick and the surrounding Maritime provinces. This is the land that historically made up Acadia during the time of French settlers in New France. The evolution of…
Some non-Canadians hear that Canada has two official languages, English and French, and may assume that that means every Canadian is fluent in both languages. However, that isn’t true – well, unless you go to New Brunswick. Rather, English and French underwent separate emergences in Canada. Here, I go through some of the history of…
The other day my dad called me into the living room to show me a video on his iPad. The video was of three men conversing in Danish while operating a combine harvester. “Do you recognize the dialect?” my dad asked. I told him no. “All Danish is Danish to me,” I explained, or something…
Forensic linguistics is a subfield of applied linguistics which sees linguistics applied to forensics and the law. The most famous legal case which involved forensic linguistics is the Unabomber case, where the FBI compared Ted Kaczynski’s writings with the Unabomber manifesto. However, the term covers many areas of focus. What is forensic linguistics? Forensic linguistics…
I can think of several foods named after different places. The Nanaimo bar, hamburgers, Hawaiian pizza, and so on. But I take for granted – and maybe you do too – that these foods are obviously connected to the places they are named after. Today, I go through five different foods and the locations they…
Are you considering studying linguistics? Maybe you’re currently taking your first linguistics course. Are you curious what else there is to learn beyond the basics?
Classic Hollywood and old movies have always been a point of fascination for me. As a preteen, I had Turner Classic Movies playing on rotation, introducing me to the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Sydney Poitier, Gregory Peck, and so on. My fascination continued into adulthood as I listened to podcasts like You Must Remember This,…
Recently, I was talking to my parents about how I was confused about the way numbers are named in Danish. I’ve been actively studying Danish for the past month and I’m constantly baffled by the numbers, specifically the 10s.