Linguistics
Plowing in the Ukraine Leon Wyczółkowski
Two Birds with One Stone II - Full of Beanz
Columnist Pippa Mentzel explores the brilliant and bizarre linguistic phenomena of idioms to uncover what they show us about our cultural heritage and how our imaginative human mind revels in describing the world around us. In the second instalment, Pippa talks us through the origins and usages of two bean-related idioms.
Two Birds with One Stone - New Leaves
Columnist Pippa Mentzel explores the brilliant and bizarre linguistic phenomena of idioms to uncover what they show us about our cultural heritage and how our imaginative human mind revels in describing the world around us. In the first instalment, Pippa talks us through the origins of ‘turning a new leaf’ and discusses a new way to ask after others.
Lost Syllables and Found Debates
In this article, Staff Writer Kitty Liu explores some differences in how Western and Eastern scholars reconstruct the phonology of 5th century BCE Chinese
