Matthew HadodoOct 25, 20212 minBeing Bilingual: Navigating Different Contexts(Originally published February 25, 2015) Bilingualism. While the name designates the ability and or state of speaking two languages, the...
Matthew HadodoOct 25, 20212 minFilling Up Space(Originally published December 10, 2014) Well, um, yeah, like. People use so-called fillers to provide a lot of information in a short...
Matthew HadodoOct 25, 20212 minSo Far Away: Diasporic relationships and language change(Originally published November 21, 2014) In another post, we touched upon the arbitrariness of the designation of language versus...
Matthew HadodoOct 25, 20212 minWe Are Family(Originally published September 25, 2014) In a few other posts, we have discussed how languages change and ultimately die. These...
Matthew HadodoFeb 24, 20213 minDeath of a Language?(Originally Published August 25, 2014) How can a language die? Is a language an entity that can exhibit the properties of life and death?...
Matthew HadodoFeb 24, 20212 minThe Name Game(Originally published August 14, 2014) After a brief hiatus due to fieldwork in Greece and Turkey, we continue the blog with a...
Matthew HadodoFeb 24, 20213 minSubs NOT Hoagies: Different Names for the Same Thing(Originally published July 27, 2014 ) What is a dialect? The average person tosses this word around in a variety of contexts, but what...
Matthew HadodoFeb 24, 20212 minAn Exploration into Multilingualism and Multiculturalism(Originally published Jul 23, 2014) In a recent post, we began to discuss the concept of linguistic relativism. While it is clear that...
Matthew HadodoSep 16, 20202 minSorry: Exercising Linguistic Relativity(Originally published July 13, 2014) A good way to begin a blog on the relationship between language, society and culture would be to...
Matthew HadodoSep 16, 20201 minReintroducing Blog PostsHello Beautiful People! Years ago, I used to have a different website called VeriLingo. (I tried to make it a thing but like "fetch," it...