I agree with what you said and I really like how you described the mental pictures as a photo album. It’s really interesting to see the different points of reference people have on certain things that we think are […]

I was surprised to learn that sense refers to a dictionary definition because when people use it in language especially trying to explain something, it doesn’t give a concrete explanation of what they are trying […]

I don’t remember having much trouble with english words but i grew up speaking english and russian so when my mom would talk to me in russian she would always correct my pronunciation on words. i would also c […]

I think that linguists benefit from descriptivism more when studying language because it gives them a more direct connection to the way people put the language into practice instead of analyzing the “rules” that […]

Thinking back to the early days of communication and language, the primal humans used body language and nonverbal communications to be able to convey their thoughts to one another. These communications slowly […]

i hope to learn more about the history of the language like what happened during the making of it and the stories behind the words. i think it would be interesting to see what goes into creating a language