Babel No45 (Winter 2023)
Articles
Alice in Green-land Katie Wales investigates the rhetoric of rubbish
The relentless language of superiority and comparison Crispin Thurlow dissects the symbolic power of ‘elite’ and ‘premium’
Bringing historical linguistics into the second language classroom James Stratton explains how knowledge of language history can be beneficial to learners
Analysing the language of poems Lesley Jeffries interprets a poem using a system of linguistic analysis
Regular features
Language in the news Auditors, authors and addressees: Politics and participation frameworks
Diary of a linguist Katie Wales on the language all around us
The complete and utter history of English Part 7: Normal healthy vowel movements
Language games Kaktovik calculation
Meet the professionals Words consultant
Giving voice a voice Fascinating rhythm 2: Everybody’s talkin’
Screentest The King’s Letters (2019)
Linguistic horizons Dialects and sociolects in sign language
Languages of the world Ukrainian
Kill the joke A tasty example of written humour
A clash of symbols A ha moment
Word hoard Malapropisms
Ask a linguist Is the emoji killing the exclamation mark?
Lives in language Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bebian (1789-1839)
Letters from a linguist When the Celts showed their metal
Reviews The Twelve Months of the Year in 850 Languages and Dialects; The Babel Apocalypse