by Paul Waddington | Feb 27, 2024 | Issue guide
Babel No46 (Spring 2024) Articles Panamanian English Catherine Laliberte uncovers the linguistic legacy of the Panama CanalWhat they said. Or did they? Jim O’Driscoll on the importance of how we present others’ speech‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ Lesley Jeffries looks at the...
by Paul Waddington | Nov 2, 2023 | Issue guide
Babel No45 (Winter 2023) Articles Alice in Green-land Katie Wales investigates the rhetoric of rubbishThe relentless language of superiority and comparison Crispin Thurlow dissects the symbolic power of ‘elite’ and ‘premium’Bringing historical linguistics into the...
by Paul Waddington | Sep 1, 2023 | Issue guide
Babel No44 (Autumn 2023) Articles The language of the gods David Voisin explores the etymology of contemporary words through the gods of antiquityNames of fish Chris McCully looks at names for the occupants of British and Irish freshwatersSaving little sis Judit Vari...
by Paul Waddington | Jun 9, 2023 | Issue guide
Babel No43 (June 2023) Articles Citizen science for language Eloise Kadlecek on the importance of citizen scientists in new linguistic researchFear not our robot overlords Peter Stockwell considers what the literary-linguistics of science fiction can tell us about...
by EmlynGHarr1s | Feb 22, 2023 | Issue guide
Babel No42 (February 2023) Articles Made-up languages and the limits of the human mind Michelle Sheehan on what we can learn through artificial language experiments Shifting voices in Dungeons & Dragons Joseph Wilson and Adam Axbey look at the linguistic...
by EmlynGHarr1s | Nov 2, 2022 | Issue guide
Babel No41 (November 2022) Articles Interview with the editors Lesley Jeffries and Dan McIntyre on 10 years of Babel Metaphors we learn by Kim Pager-McClymont and Evangelina Papathanasiou on using metaphors in Academic English teaching Number Rania Adnan Aziz on what...
by EmlynGHarr1s | Jul 29, 2022 | Issue guide
Babel No40 (August 2022) Articles The rather unusual linguistic landscape of Norway Simone Bacchini explores the complex linguistic history of NorwayBreathing a sign of relief Graham H Tuner asks what a new Act of Parliament will do for British Sign Language“Oat milk...
by EmlynGHarr1s | May 11, 2022 | Issue guide
Babel No39 (May 2022) ArticlesTwitter complaints Nicolas Ruytenbeek on research into emotional contagion.The Welsh Not Tim Brookes looks at the history of language oppression in the classroom.Choosing a language mentor Alex Poole on the importance of someone to...
by EmlynGHarr1s | Mar 11, 2022 | Issue guide
Babel No38 (February 2022) ArticlesBasic English Frederick Hale on Charles Kay Ogden’s work on an international auxiliary languageWhat’s in a name? Harry parkin investigates the origins and development of family names in BritainFrom stats to style Dan...
by EmlynGHarr1s | Dec 2, 2021 | Issue guide
Babel No37 (November 2021) Articles Tracking the dance of the tongue using ultrasound imaging Sam Kirkham and Patrycja Strycharczuk explain the uses of ultrasound imaging for linguistics’Is it muggy or is it just me?’ Daniel Strogen discusses reality TV...
