When he first came into office critics and pundits had a field day (and continue to) with Trump’s limited, how shall we say, verbal repertoire – his limited command of spoken English. I’m a linguist by trade and I long ago grew weary of this spectator sport – hearing his overused superlatives (incredible, fantastic, perfect, […]
This Blog Post Was Written byReia GonsalvesEpidemic: a sudden, widespread occurrence of a particular undesirable phenomenon.The word “like” has many different meanings and is often used in everyday conservation. The word “like” can be used to express similarities, preferences, feelings (emotional and physical) and can even be used to bring attention to an action or […]
Written by Yumna Ahmed Qazi Hunter College A few days ago, I texted my brother and asked him to buy some dinner for me before he came back home. He responded with a thumbs up emoji and I replied back with a smiley face and a heart emoji . Albeit a bit […]
Pidgin Has Landed
The frightening Chelsea bombing on Saturday night has prompted an interesting metalinguistic linguistic foray among our Mayor, Governor, and….likely most of us. Was it “terrorism”? Saturday night Mayor DeBlasio stated “Here is what we know: It was intentional, it was a violent act, it was certainly a criminal act, it was a bombing — that’s […]
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