lingthusiasm:Episode 81: The verbs had been being helped by auxiliariesIn the sentence “the horse has eaten an apple”, what is the word “has” doing? It’s not expressing ownership of something, like...

lingthusiasm:Episode 80: Word MagicThe magical kind of spell and the written kind of spell are historically linked. This reflects how saying a word can change the state of the world, both in terms of...

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Episode 79: Tone and Intonation? Tone and Intonation!Spoken languages can change the pitch or melody of words to convey

several different kinds of information. When the pitch affects...

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Episode 76: Where language names come from and why they changeLanguage names come from many sources. Sometimes they’re related to a

geographical feature or name of a group of people....