Notes from a talk at UCL Language, Religion and Identity in Israel Dr Ghil`ad Zuckermann "The greatest virtue of a new word is that it is not new."—Yechiel Michal Pínes, 1893 versus "It is absolutely impossible to empty out words filled to bursting, unless one does so at the expense of language i...

Here's something that's been missing from my blog so far: a linguistics geekery icon. It took me two evenings to put together, and was sufficiently interesting doing so that I think I'm going to blog about it here. The first of the scripts in the animation—all of which mean the same thing—is the...

Following on from my previous post, consider the passage in the final paragraph of the Shema: You shall look on [the fringe on your garment] and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them, and not follow after the desires of your heart and eyes, which you [something] after. וּרְ×�Ö´×...