Month: June 2019

Archives for June 2019

Interesting Linguistics – June 29

Interesting Linguistics – June 29

Here’s an easier one for you, since I’ve really worked your brains on the last few. Hey, you’re taking my graduate level linguistics classes along with me, so if you’ve been able to think through some of these things, you’re doing great! But here are a few sentences that I’d like you to finish: 1. […]
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Interesting Linguistics – June 24

Interesting Linguistics – June 24

Thanks to everyone who posted a response to my last challenge.  You can go and check out my reply to that one as well if you’d like. Today’s challenge is quite a bit different.  It is about Semantics, which is the meanings of words, and is taken from my Lexicography class, which is a class […]
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Interesting Linguistics – June 15

Interesting Linguistics – June 15

Here are some example sentences we looked at in class the other day: A) Dog and Hare made an agreement. B) It was Dog and Hare who made an agreement. C) Once there were a dog and a hare who made an agreement. D) An agreement was made between Dog and Hare. E) Once there […]
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Interesting Linguistics – June 9

Interesting Linguistics – June 9

As I learn interesting linguistic “stuff” this summer that I think non-linguistic people will understand, I’ll try to post some on here so you can join me in delving into the mysteries of God’s creativity in creating languages! Me – you – him/her – proper name or family member (ex. Mom, Uncle) – any other […]
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Languages

Languages

This recent trip to Senegal/Guinea/Guinea-Bissau/France was full of different languages. You see, I started in a city in Senegal where people mainly speak Wolof and French.  I speak French, but not Wolof.  It would be great to learn it sometime, but at the moment I only know a few greetings, etc.  And I was only […]
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