Language & Lingustics — Medium

Collection edited by Arnold Sakhnov

The Literate Surfer

A critical look at surfer discourse, the definition of “kook,” and new literacy studies.

Michael J. Cripps11 min read

Life Without Subtitles

America, the Land of the Monolingual

JP Schmitz6 min read

What’s in a name?

The science of sounds in advertising

Adam Shigem4 min read

The Closing Quotation Mark Dilemma

Three simple rules to keep your punctuation marks in their right place My biggest punctuation pet peeve involves quotation marks. I get very self-righteous and snobby whenever I espy misplaced ones. If you don’t know the first thing about using quotation marks in relation to other punctuation in standard American English, dear reader, read on. These are the three simple rules you must follow. 1. Periods and commas always precede closing, or end, quotation marks. Examples: Mary said, “I truly, madly, knee-deeply love you, Joe.”

Paul Zablocki5 min read

Cantonese — the non-official language?

Fighting against Mandarin

Edith Leung5 min read

Powerful Communication Concepts

By the cooperative principle

Martin Allard3 min read

How to protect language from extinction?

Backbone for saving uniqueness

Victor Lesyk3 min read

Vaccinations against obfuscation

It’s time to evolve our vernacular.

Josh Silverman2 min read