Imaginary and real technology
2024-11-13 12:43 Old monuments and objects has given rise to myths on technology.  Some individuals can’t imagine how they could have been built or made without the technology of industrial societies.
Denying the past is denying the existence of data
2024-11-08 12:59 Many people are ignorant on earlier conditions.  Then people tend to take it for granted it was like when they grew up.  This includes both standard of living and how people treated each other.
On nationalistic archaeology denial
2024-11-02 19:53 One expression of misplaced nationalism is claiming all they can come up with would come from their own country.  Or at least the country which they see as precursor.
The myth of all being descended from one’s favourite language
2024-10-31 12:40 Some ethnocentrics believes all languages would be descended from their own particular.  Or at least the favourite language they personally have.  They start from well-known words in any of the 300 largest languages.
Language as indication of culture
2024-10-29 13:12 I see language as a practical way of classifying cultures.  Language is relatively easy to compare systematically.  One may compare phonotactics, vocabulary and grammar.  I think all three should be given equal weight.
The distribution of large and small languages
2024-10-24 17:39 I just want to make it clear what is meant by the size of languages.
How many languages are there?
2024-10-18 13:03 There are plenty of people thinking there are only a few dozen languages in the world.  Either they are the only languages one can come up with oneself.  Or people count how many countries there are.
How my mother tongue differs from English
2024-10-17 12:47 I want to point out that I am a non-native speaker of English.  My mother tongue is Swedish which is the other language of this website.  While these languages are clearly similar they are not mutually understandable.
What is linguistics?
2024-10-04 12:29 Linguistics is the science of languages.  This is about systematically describing and comparing different languages.  These can vary much more than most know about.
The origin of human language
2024-09-29 15:54 Some imagine “cavemen” with a very limited language.  If they talk at all people imagine pidgin.  The present-day human species have never talked like that when people spoke their mother tongue.