Geo-politically, that is a relevant obervation, but in terms of the dialect geography of Ireland, the English speakers there fall firmly within...
It appears to share a common ancestor with the Hampshire dialect specifically and the West Country dialects more generally, and share most of the...
This is an interesting question. Obviously there are competing concerns here. One is the degree to which the character in question's accent is...
I do, yes. I have a BA in linguistics, and am currently a PhD fellow in a linguistics program Let's see. Depending on how much fluency you're...
Both Czech and Finnish have fixed stress rules which fix prosodic stress to the beginning of the word (the Czech stress gets a little more...
What exactly do you mean by "mutated" versions of English. Forms of English which have undergone change over the course of time?
Actually, there's a very strict definition for when two languages are related. If you wand to do historical linguistics or linguistic cladistics...
Strictly speaking, the relational status of Japanese and Korean is uncertain. It is clear that they share features from being in the immensely...
The slavic thing is really cool. I did some Russian at school, and I'd like to learn Old Church Slavonic if the opportunity presents itself....
Yes it is an Indo-European family tree. My primary area of interest has been in historical linguistics, focusing on Indo-Iranian. This has lead to...
Although it is common in modern fantasy storytelling to have a "system" of magic, it must be pointed out that this is a fairly recent phenomenon....
So here I am, whoever I am. I'm a linguist first and foremost and a writer of folklore fantasy and mythology second, and unfortunately, I do the...
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