Folk-Linguistics 2
Hi again, everybody! Next entry on Folk-Linguistics follows. 2 VOCABULARY vs GRAMMAR and AMATEUR DIALECTOLOGY Very many linguists are especially interested in grammar, and in other highly...
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Sea Serpents and the Hippocampus in Abominable Science
Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero’s Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids is an admirable book. I admire it immensely. I have used it in my freshman writing...
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Hi again, everybody! Next entry on Folk-Linguistics follows. 3 SANSKRIT When a known language is identified by non-mainstream thinkers as the Ursprache /‘Proto-World’, the ultimate ancestor language of...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Spirits
Note: The following essay is based on a segment from Skepticality. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is known for many things: the creation of Sherlock Holmes, a spectacular mustache, and his belief in spirits...
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Women of the Viking Age Kicked Ass, But That Doesn’t Mean They Were Vikings
In the last week, a number of websites have informed their readers that recent scientific evidence shows that roughly half of Viking warriors were female. Tor.com proclaims, “Better Identification of...
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In the Corner of Brian’s Mind
Note: This essay is cross-posted at Skepticality, where it appears in easy-to-swallow podcast form. On the Virtual Skeptics this past week, I had a good long grump about the media and how it was...
View ArticleNon-standard Linguistics (new series) 1: Phonetics and Singing
Hi again, everybody! Sorry about the long gap! I will try to blog semi-regularly! A new series on non-standard claims/theories commences here. 1 CATHRINE SADOLIN (prepared with the expert help of...
View ArticleNon-standard Linguistics (new series) 2 The Phaistos Disk Re-visited
Hi again, everybody! Here’s the second in my new series on non-standard claims/theories. Some of these blogs, including this present one, will deal with professional linguists (‘mavericks’ & worse)...
View ArticleNon-standard Linguistics (new series) 3 Greek and Greek Philosophy
Hi again, everybody! 3 DEMETRIS NICOLAIDES Demetris Nicolaides is a professor of physics at Bloomfield College in New Jersey. In his book (In The Light Of Science: Our Ancient Quest For Knowledge And...
View ArticleNon-standard Linguistics (new series) 4 Alphabets: A Good Thing?
Hi again, everybody! The Alphabet Effect Robert K. Logan William Morrow & Co., New York 1986 The Alphabet Versus The Goddess: The Conflict Between Word And Image Leonard Shlain 1998 Viking/Penguin,...
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