A personal website-blog featuring an academic-style essay on linguistics, an opinion piece on the documentary Brats, and original poetry. Readers get varied personal writing on language, film and verse from a single author.
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Short, well-sourced entries tracing the etymology of individual English words and phrases, citing historical quotations and primary sources. Readers get readable word histories, with some entries reserved for paid subscribers.
A weekly newsletter by PhD linguist Colin Gorrie exploring the history of English words, grammar and writing conventions. Issues cover language change, the origins of paragraphs, and guides for learning linguistics.
A newsletter on English spelling, etymology and orthography, with occasional pieces on literacy teaching and writing instruction. Readers get close word-history analysis and the author's pointed responses to debates within the structured word inquiry community.
A newsletter that analyses the metaphors embedded in everyday language and politics, such as work-life balance, ideas as objects, and dystopia. It offers critical, theory-informed essays on how framing shapes work, law, science and society.
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