Linguistics

Linguistics Zagorath • 9 months ago • 100%

Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity phys.org

Linguistics Zagorath • 9 months ago • 100%

Out of date dictionaries['s pronunciation guides]–with native speakers from UK/USA/Australia www.youtube.com

Linguistics Zagorath • 10 months ago • 100%

The etymology of fencing was a trade

An interesting bit of etymology that I learnt recently. The English word "fencing" (as in sword fighting) comes from English "defence", from Old French "defens", from Latin "defendere", meaning "to ward off, defend".  The French word for fencing is "escrime". The Italian and Spanish words are also close cognates with French. "Escrime" comes from Old French "escremir", from Frankish "*skirmjan".  That means English, a Germanic language, gets its word from Latin, a Romance language. And the Romance languages of French, Spanish, and Italian get their word from Frankish, a Germanic language. Essentially, the Romance and Germanic language families did a trade.

Linguistics Jakylla • 1 year ago • 100%

Isogloss of European French speaking regions

This map shows the different French accents across western Europe (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Swiss, and smaller countries/city states) Similar color means similar accents, different colors means more distinct dialects

Linguistics BreakNeckJim • 1 year ago • 100%

Bird language vm.tiktok.com

Very interesting take on a language made of only whistles.

Linguistics BreakNeckJim • 1 year ago • 100%

Let's Talk About Singular They. youtube.com

Very interesting history of the singular 'they'.

Linguistics DesGrieux • 1 year ago • 100%

Prefixing and suffixing in world's languages www.tumblr.com