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Linguistic Wonders Series
This section of our library is devoted to short pieces about language written by the visionary scientists of yourDictionary.com's Advisory Council of Experts (ACE).
- The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
- Counterterrorism Glossaries
- The Indo-European Language Room
- Meaning of Vermicelli
- Allied Weapons and Aircraft Glossary
- Fatherly Words Language Article
- Meaning of Mauve
- Mayan Hieroglyphs
- Pizza is a German Word
- Meaning of Spaghetti
Counterterrorism Glossaries
- Chronology of Iraq
- Glossary of Iraq
- Glossary of the Middle East
- Geography of Terrorism and Glossary of Terrorist Organizations
The Indo-European Language Room
- Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans by Calvert Watkins
- Table of Indo-Eurpean Languages
- Glossary of Proto-Indo-European Roots
The WordMan, Paul J.J. Payack
- The Tangles of Time - A Brief History of Chess
- The Dustbin of History - How the Infinity Symbol Came into Existence
- Steppingstone to the Stars - How the Zero was Discovered
- The Lament - The Last Words of the Last Speaker of Proto-Indo-European
- An Interview With the Inventor of Words
- The Final Farewell: The Official End to the 20th Century
Presidential Debate Analysis
Thoughts of Dr. Audra Himes
A Linguistic Potpourri
- How to Use Dictionaries
- Linguists See Internet Lingo as Cultural Catalyst
- The Impassioned Fight to Save Dying Languages
- The Chaos by Gerald Nolst Trenite
- The Third English Word Ending on "gry"
- The World's Longest Place Name
- The Impact of 9/11 on the English Language
- A Plethora of Terms: Playing The Veneral Game by Dr. Seth Haber
- One Symbol for Every Sound by Wenkai Tay
- A Prompt for Finding Essay Topic Ideas by Sheila Bender.
- Japanese Language Onomatopoeia
- Identifying Japanese Farm Animal Sounds
- Judgement - English Spelling Rules
- The Word Eaters
- Glossary of Quaint Southernisms
The Collected Works of the Phantom Linguist
- Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
- Origins of Words: Part I
- Word Origins continued
- Etymology Explained: Origin of Words III
- Deriving Words in English
- English Language Word Origins IV
- English Abbreviations You Should Know
- How is a Hippo Like a Feather?
- How to Pronounce "Ghoti" and Why
- But There are no Such Things as Words!
- Why We Have to Pay Syntax
- Can Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously?
- Slithy Toves of Chimpanzees
- Mama Teached Me Talk!
Words on Word History by Phil Baldi
- Words on Word History: Introduction
- If It's Fragile, It will Break (Naturally)
- Latin in English (Part I)
- Latin in English (Part II)
- Homosexuals and Homo Sapiens: A Formal Confusion
- Heads of Cattle, a Capital Idea
- Shabby Seedlings and Tennis Rankings
- Understanding Etymology: Words Growing in Your Garden
Dr. Language on Language
- A History of an Historical Quirk
- A Language is a Dialect with an Army
- Ain't Isn't a Four Letter Word
- Are You and I, You and Me?
- Do You Suffer the Embarrassment of LVS?
- How Many Words are in English
- Linguistic Collateral Damage
- Yall, (Youse, Yuns) Should Read This
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» Indo-European Language Room: Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans
» Indo-European Language Room: Roots of the Proto-Indo-European Language
» Indo-European Language Room: The Indo-European Language Families
» Linguistic Potpourri: Linguists See Internet Lingo as Cultural Catalyst
» Linguistic Potpourri: The Chaos
» Linguistic Potpourri: The Impassioned Fight to Save Dying Languages
» Linguistic Potpourri: The Third English Word Ending on "gry"
» Linguistic Potpourri: The World's Longest Place Name
» Linguistic Wonders Series: Fatherly Words Language Article
» Linguistic Wonders Series: Mayan Hieroglyphs
» Linguistic Wonders Series: Meaning of Mauve
» Linguistic Wonders Series: Meaning of Spaghetti
» Linguistic Wonders Series: Meaning of Vermicelli
» Linguistic Wonders Series: Pizza is a German Word
» Linguistic Wonders Series: The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
» Presidential Debates Mirror Long-term School Decline
» The 2002 Super Bowl Lingo Guide
» The 2003 Super Bowl Lingo Guide
» The Impact of 9/11 on the English Language
» The WordMan: An Interview with the Inventor of Words
» The WordMan: Steppingstone to the Stars or How the Zero was Discovered
» The WordMan: The Dustbin of History or How the Infinity Symbol Came into Existence
» The WordMan: The Final Farewell: The Official End to the 20th Century
» The WordMan: The Lament The Last Words of the Last Speaker of Proto-Indo-European
» The WordMan: The Tangles of Time - A Brief History of Chess