Category: Language for Every Occasion

Earth Day, Applied approaches and ecolinguistics by Benjamin A. Jones.

Linguistics and environmental analysis Earth Day (Saturday 22nd April) gives us pause to consider our relationship with the planet we call home. Now over fifty years old, themes have been numerous over the decades. From initially tackling pollution, global warming and promoting clean energy to providing decent water quality and combatting food management and ‘fast…Continue Reading Earth Day, Applied approaches and ecolinguistics by Benjamin A. Jones.

MFL Mentoring Schemes by Alex Wright

In first term of third year, I received an email from the University sharing an opportunity to be part of an MFL mentoring scheme funded by the Welsh government. I was intrigued by this email, however I had not participated in any active language learning since taking French at A level and German at GCSE….Continue Reading MFL Mentoring Schemes by Alex Wright

How Wordle Went 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 If you’re at all involved in academic twitter, you’ve probably come across a pattern of green and yellow squares that looks something like this. No, your friends, classmates, and colleagues haven’t joined a cult, and no, these posts aren’t some sort of secret nerd code you’re not privy to. Rather, they’re result sheets for…Continue Reading How Wordle Went 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A Few Words about ‘Gairglo’, the Welsh Language ‘Wordle’, by Steve Morris

This is a translation of a short comment piece (in Welsh) by Applied Linguistics Honorary Research Fellow Steve Morris which appeared on the Golwg 360 website in February 2020 It relates to a Welsh language version of ‘Wordle’ – ‘Gairglo’ – created by Dr Rodolfo Piskorski, a Brazilian who has learnt Welsh and was the…Continue Reading A Few Words about ‘Gairglo’, the Welsh Language ‘Wordle’, by Steve Morris

“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” A Valentine’s Post

The month of February is traditionally the ‘season of love’. So, this month’s blog post takes a peek at the word ‘love’ and the many uses of this particularly flexible term. We’re sad to say that while it won’t answer the question ‘what is love?’, nor pave the way to finding love, we will explore…Continue Reading “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” A Valentine’s Post

Language for Every Occasion: Christmas Linguistics by Ben Jones

Have a [Merry/Happy] Christmas! Choosing a Christmas greeting can be a heated issue for many revellers around the western world at Christmastime. Whilst Americans battle between choosing a Christian ‘Merry Christmas’ and a more culturally-encompassing ‘Happy Holidays’, us British are at odds with two collocative phrases surrounding the noun Christmas: Merry Christmas and Happy Christmas….Continue Reading Language for Every Occasion: Christmas Linguistics by Ben Jones