by Susannah | Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | Practice, Practice Vocabulary
Do you know what a neologism is? Put together from the Greek neo-, ‘new’ and logos, ‘word’, the term describes just what is sounds like: a newly minted word or expression. Most of the time, it is difficult or impossible to trace the origins of...
by Camila Otálora | Monday, October 21, 2019 | Get informed
Language, Attitudes and Repertoires in the Emirates (LARES) is a sociolinguistic study that aims, among other things, to find out how the languages spoken in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are used and by whom. The project concentrates on the relationship between...
by Thom | Tuesday, May 21, 2019 | Get informed
With a hugely successful television show like Game of Thrones coming to a close, it is worthwhile looking back at some aspects that have played an important part whilst being in the background. Both the books by George R. R. Martin that the show is based on and the...