A multilingual newsletter that applies linguistics and communication analysis to society, covering topics such as Hungarian politics, pragmatics in political speeches, and framing in Japanese history textbooks. Readers get explanatory essays in Japanese and German that link language use to political and social questions.
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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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