Linguistics
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What’s App in Italian Linguistics II - How do we speak when we text?
In her second column, Rebecca Gatti explores specific discourse markers in Italian, demonstrating how they can be used within online communication to mean many different things.
What’s App in Italian Linguistics I - From WhatsApp to Linguistic Research
In her first column of term, Rebecca Gatti introduces a new linguistics project she has helped to work on - a database of Italian words taken from WhatsApp, giving an insight into the way that language is used online
Exploring the Epics I - The Kalevala: Dead Form, Living Song
In her first instalment of term, Columnist Hanna Simojoki shares an insight into the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala - its history, impact on Finnish culture, and relevance today
A Long, Long Time Ago, a Book you Read Changed your Life
In her first piece of term, Staff Writer Lizzy Riley explores the benefits that reading as a child can have on language development
Mediocre Pauses; Reviewing ‘Semicolon’ by Cecelia Watson
In this review, Staff Writer Kitty Liu shares her thoughts on Semicolon by Cecelia Watson and discusses this author’s views on linguistic prescriptivism.