Babel Number 44 (Autumn 2023)

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...

Babel Number 43 (June 2023)

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...

Babel Number 42 (February 2023)

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...

Babel Number 41 (November 2022)

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...

Babel Number 40 (August 2022)

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...

Babel Number 39 (May 2022)

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...

Babel Number 38

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...

Babel No37 (November 2021)

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...

Babel Number 36 (August 2021)

Babel No36 (August 2021) Articles The mistakes that we deny that we make them Eva Wittenberg and Adam Morgan on what makes people say words they don’t like saying The egocentric trappings of a pronoun Sandrine Sorlin asks ‘Who is you?’ Subtitling...

Babel Number 35 (May 2021)

Babel No35 (May 2021) Features The ENACT Web App The makers of a new app for language-learning on picking up a language through culture The Art of Making a Good Impression Tony Lapidus on life as an impressionist Small words, big expressions Mel Evans on the...