Have you ever thought of studying English linguistics? Who's it good for? Writers and teachers, among others.

A semi-overview of the field of linguistics, covering only four of the more popular subfields in a gigantic academic field.

A knowledge of language structure gained through degree work in linguistics prepares you for more than teaching high school French. Today' s emphasis on world wide communication opens many other careers as well

A brief overview of the linguistics theories of Ferdinand de Saussure as outlined in his Course in General Linguistics.

The Swiss linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure had a profound impact on the world of literary theory. In his book, Course in General Linguistics, he discusses language and how it functions as a system.

A brief explanation of some major terms you will find in the study of language.

E. M. Forster once wrote, "How do I know what I think til I see what I say?" It is essentially this question that has puzzled linguists for decades.

According to linguist Franz Boas, there are over 100 words in the Eskimoan language for snow. But was he correct?

In the 20th entury, linguistics documented 50 Danish dialects. Now there are less than a dozen Danish dialects. Disappearing dialects cause a delemma.

A review of a great textbook I had to read for my linguistics class.

I wrote this paper for a Linguistics class back in 2002. Since joining AC, I've started to revisit some things I've written in the past and found some to be worth a look here.

A sociological look at how linguistics tells us about our societies, and especially class differences.

This is a paper focusing on the historical aspects of English linguistics that led to the development of what is now known as Modern English. It covers the topics of Old, Middle, Early English, Late English, and their gradual development.

4 main areas of Texts and Contexts are critically analyzed which include:
Linguistics
Interpretive
Cross-reference
Historical, Geographical, or Cultural

An analysis of web sites that offer free high school language arts lesson plans. Sites are ranked by quality, quantity, and usefulness of lesson plans and activities.

Linguists have proved that Ebonics is both systematic and rule-governed, just like all other language varieties.

Review and guide to Pimsleur Language programs.

If you're looking for characters who will come to life in front of your eyes, and a story that will wrench your emotions tight, a plot-line that will remain with you for many days after you've turned the last page ... get this book.

Nyanja belongs to the Niger-Congo family of languages in Africa. Nyanja has 989,000 speakers in Zambia, 251,800 speakers in Zimbabwe, 3,200,000 in Malawi and 423,000 in Mozambique. It has 6 main dialects.

Inspector Jacques Clouseau is back agin to find the elusive diamond, The Pink Panther, and catch a killer. Find out more about the film and my opinion of it in this review.

Translators and interpreters are language professionals who work with source and target languages. These two professions share common characteristics but also require different abilities and have different working conditions.

If a person is truly bilingual, meaning that he reads, writes and speaks two (or more) languages, his environment will determine which language he uses even more so than his native tongue.

In Updike's A & P, the narrator, Sammy, attempts to break out of the mold and quit his monotonous job.

In Raymond Carver's "Cathedral," the narrator appears to have it all. On the other hand, the pitied blind man is really the one who should be envied.

Naguib Mahfouz' Miramar provides material for a thorough structural analysis, in the structure of language used as well as the structure of the novel itself.

What is life, and who has the authority to define it. Without a clear understanding of what life constitutes, there will never be an adequate consensus on the hottest topic to date.

The Mother Tongue is an article that discusses the origins of languages all over the world, and the process that linguists have gone through to reconstruct this history.

The EU research center Ispra is now developing and implementing anti-terror software programs which are being put to use by several European intelligence agencies.

Learning German without books, tapes, and the traditional classroom is possible for free with the Internet. There are many websites that offer free courses and desktop tools to make learning easier and more fun.

An investigation of the role of sound in poetry.