Ryan's linguistics blog

Announcements: For anyone who still follows this blog, I should probably mention in a more official capacity that I don't really update ...

I've posted a number of book reviews on this blog, but I think this one is the first I have concrete plans to use in the near future. I...

I had my attention directed to the new Collins dictionary site this week. For the most part it's your standard dictionary site -- defi...

As those who are regular Language Log readers know, a crash blossom is a news headline that leads us to an incorrect parsing of its meaning...

My friend and erstwhile colleague Josh Birchall posted a link on Facebook to an interesting TED talk by Mark Pagel entitled How Language Tr...

One of the most basic concerns of phonology is determining what phonemes constitute the phonological inventory of a given language, i.e., wh...

I just submitted my grades for my fall LING 101 course, and I'm busy preparing for my spring LING 101 course, so the question of how to ...