Deixis and Linguistic Bedrock: Look There
September 23, 2015
Deixis: what is it? In Languages in the World we have defined language as an... read more
Austronesian Origin Stories: The Polynesians
September 10, 2015
The pre-colonial Polynesians, who are Austronesian, revered a supreme deity who, according to the story,... read more
Arabic and The Story of the Qur’ān
August 13, 2015
What is the relationship between literacy, Islam and the Arabic language? According to Islamic tradition,... read more
Kurds and Kurdistan: Lines are Drawn in the Sand
August 6, 2015
The Turks have Turkey, the Syrians have Syria. Why do the Kurds not have a... read more
The Role of Sanskrit in Philology
July 30, 2015
How did Sanskrit become the pivotal language in the establishment of the Indo-European languages? In... read more
Self-Help Books: We Americans Love ‘Em
July 13, 2015
I just finished Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013). It... read more