About the blog

Do you like linguistics and languages? Welcome – so do we!

This blog features posts from student linguists, primarily at CUNY CSI (New York) as well as musings from active linguists on nifty language phenomena.

The blog is maintained by Susanne Vejdemo, a researcher affiliated with CUNY and Stockholm University. You can reach her on her email address, which is her first name, followed by an at, followed by her last name, followed by “.se”.

Language myths

Languages have always fascinated humans, and there are a lot of myths about language and how it affects our minds. This page will list blog posts by students who have looked into a number of such myths.

Synonyms – do they exist?

Synonyms – words that mean the same! Are there any true synonyms? This page will features posts by students who have examined pairs or trios of close synonyms.