Babel No49 (Winter 2024)
Articles
When empathy meets communication Victor Gonzalez-Ruiz and Antonio Martin look at the importance of plain language
At the movies Natalia Server Beneto looks at sociolects in Mid90s
What can we learn from endangered languages? Tim Brookes on how history is written in the alphabets of the winners
Regular features
Language in the news Language and aging
Letters from a linguist Wherefore art thou?
Languages of the world Aushi
Review The Babel Lecture 2024
The complete and utter history of English How to lose (and gain) an empire
Diary of a linguist Katie Wales on the language all around us
Meet the professionals Founder of Glossika
Kill the joke What makes a popular gag at the Fringe?
Giving voice a voice Accent stereotyping
A clash of symbols Lateral thinking
Language games Attic arithmetic
The word hoard The history of ‘coffee’
Linguistic horizons Constructed languages
Reviews Tom Read Wilson’s Every Word Tells a Story; Percival Everett’s James; Brennan Conaway’s year84