Linguistics

Bilingualism and Code-Switching

Bilingualism is the ability to use two languages effectively. Monolingualism refers to the ability to use a single language. The ability...

Backformation: it is a very specialised type of reduction. One word type is usually transformed into another one. Take the noun...

Borrowing: it is the taking over of words from other languages. English has borrowed a vast number of words from different languages...

Though the Dutch were only a passing political presence in America, their linguistic legacy is immense. From their earliest days of...

There are many fictional and acclaimed stories of talking animals. These stories involve apes and chimpanzees possessing the unique human...

Language is a living phenomenon and a distinctive feature of human beings, be it man or animals. It is what shapes thought, and allows...

Considering linguistics as the scientific study of language entails an objective, empirical, and thorough investigation of language. In...

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