Tag: Language
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How to Speak Whale
How to Speak Whale; a voyage into the future of animal communication, by Tom Mustill, William Collins, 2023, a book review. I am not sure about the title of this and nor is the author – he expresses misgivings a couple of times. I am just not sure it quite works. Nevertheless this is a…
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The order of adjectives
This is a big red ball. And this is a small black cat. The point being that it would be very odd to have these adjectives in reverse order in normal circumstances. You would only say “the red big ball” if distinguishing it from a number of other big balls. It seems English speakers subconsciously…