Babel No15 (May 2016)

Babel No15 (May 2016)ArticlesThe Future of English – Simon Horobin on how English might look in the futureWho Did What to Whom? – Vikki Janke on new research into the language skills of children with autism spectrum disorderMetaphor Interpretation – Andreas Musollf on...

Babel No16 (August 2016)

Babel No16 (August 2016)ArticlesRediscovering Saussure – William J. Carrasco on revisiting Saussure’s workThe Inside Story of Variationist Sociolinguistics – Sali A. Tagliamonte tells the story of VSLXThe Other Saussure – Javier Alcalde on Saussure’s relationship with...

Babel No17 (November 2016)

Babel No17 (November 2016)ArticlesRomansch – Emma Jewell discusses the history and culture of RomanschThe Frog Stories – Jane Lugea on the ‘frog story’ methodologyLife in Death – James Akka looks at three stories of language birthWhy Do We Love Comic Characters? –...

Babel No18 (February 2017)

Babel No18 (February 2017)ArticlesEncountering Conlangs – Deak Kirkham investigates the intriguing phenomenon of constructed languagesReign of the Grass-mud Horse – Susanna Wickes looks at strategies for evading censorship on the Chinese internetOpportunity vs....

Babel No19 (May 2017)

Babel No19 (May 2017)ArticlesThe Poetics of Hamilton – Jennifer Harding on figurative language in the hit Broadway showKeep Calm and Use an Adverb – Paul Baker asks whether we still really love the gradable adverbI Want to Speak American – Jette Hansen Edwards...

Babel No20 (August 2017)

Babel No20 (August 2017)ArticlesLanguage: Its Forms and Functions – Simone Bacchini introduces Systemic Functional LinguisticsThe Limits of Machine Translation – Inderjeet Mani on the challenges of machine translationLooking for Language in the Brain – Patrick C....