A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC has finally been solved by Rishi Rajpopat, an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge.
Tag: linguistics
Everyday African American Vernacular English Is a Dialect Born From Conflict and Creativity
African American Vernacular English is a stigmatized dialect that is still ridiculed in education and the workplace. Its speakers are coherent and intelligent communicators, but remain disadvantaged.
Why People Hate or Love the Sound of Certain Words
Is there a connection between sound and meaning?
No Need to ‘iel’: Why France Is So Angry About a Gender-Neutral Pronoun
No one is forcing people to use 'iel' with a gun to their head. But paradoxically, by making the pronoun the focus of attention, critics are inevitably making it …
Why Do Kids Call Their Parents ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’?
You can say “Mom” in any country in the world and people would pretty much know who you meant.
Merriam Webster Adds ‘They’ as a Non-binary Pronoun Among 533 New Words
Merriam Webster added words like 'free solo,' 'escape room,' 'red flag law,' 'fatberg,' 'autogenic training,' to the dictionary.
Why Urdu Isn’t Just a ‘Muslim’ Language
Urdu is an inextricable part of our lives and history – it's in our language and inspired some of our finest freedom fighters and writers. So why do we …