Excorporation is a rare linguistic process where a grammatical piece, once bound inside a larger word, "escapes" to become an…
What do the 's' in 'cats', the 'en' in 'oxen', and the vowel change in 'feet' have in common? They…
Why can you count 'chairs' but not 'furniture'? This linguistic puzzle is explained by the mass-count distinction, a fundamental rule…
How do we know who "he" is in the sentence "John said he was tired"? While English leaves it ambiguous,…
Ever wondered why 'you' is the same whether you're doing the action or receiving it, unlike "I" and "me"? This…
Ever wondered why you can't say "one rice" in English or "one bread" in Chinese? This post dives into the…
In most languages, color is purely descriptive, but in some systems, it plays a grammatical role. This post explores how…
Ever get confused when a sentence has too many "he"s or "they"s? Some languages have a brilliant built-in solution for…
In many languages, pronouns are simple stand-ins like 'I' or 'they'. But in Wolof, a major language of West Africa,…
In English, we say 'my house', but Finnish takes a more intimate approach. Instead of a separate word for 'my',…
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