Linguistic Section
Head of Section Prometeus marks all the posts where languages are mentioned. You can check those in the tag cloud or just browse the posts below to dive into the exciting world of linguistics.
Accadian Ancient Greek Arabic Aramaic Czech English Finnish Finno-Ugric French German Hebrew Hindi Indo-European Indo-Iranian Karelian Kurdish Latin Lithuanian Middle Low German Nenets Norwegian Ossetian Persian Polish Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Indo-European Proto-Slavic Proto-Turkic Proto-Uralic Romance Russian Samoyedic Sanskrit Swedish Sámi Tatar Turkic Turkish Ukrainian
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Let It Be
Picture a classic dramatic moment in English literature or film—say, someone staring up at the stormy…
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A Style Guide to the Russian North
Having taken a brief inventory of my journal, I realised, with a touch of chagrin, that…
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A Guide to Winged Angelology
This wooden cherub of nineteenth-century vintage once adorned a house transported from the abandoned settlement in…
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The Fish Strikes Back
An Exercise in Etymological Re-enactment and Aquatic Karma The study of language is eternally replete with…
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An Etymological Dessert from Persian Apples
On Ribs, Heroes, and the Surprising Geography of Language Summer is upon us, bringing with it…