Silly Linguistics | Issue 86
On the Shoulders of Giants: When Metaphor Isn't Metaphor
By Brandy Cross
Are you feeling "melancholic" or "sanguine"? How ancient medical philosophy has left a lasting mark on Modern English
By Steve the vagabond
Minecraft's Alvdalen
By Patricia Syner
Palum: The New Word Quenching Indonesia's Thirst for Language
By Baihaqi Hakim Mursalin
Towers, floods, and cosmos: what the myths tell us about language origins
By Joana Atanasova
Oh No, The Main Character Got Baked into the Syntax! Judith Aissen's Case for Abstract Obviation
By Nico Hammer
On non-Norse language in Iceland, and Icelandic magical staves - a mysterious symbolic language
By Linden Alexander Pentecost
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Silly Linguistics Issue 86.