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Ron Carter
- A few words on corpus linguistics part 2
- A few words on corpus linguistics
Cambridge Words
- New words – 5 June 2023
- New words – 29 May 2023
colinjmcintosh
- A life beyond fiction
- What’s in a name?
Dom Glennon
- Countability – grammar codes
- Hairdryers and squeaky bums: the colourful world of football words
Dr Heike Krüsemann
- How to stay motivated during the pandemic: What you told us, and why it matters
hughrawson
- Janus Words – Two-faced English
- Yet More Yiddish
Kate Woodford
- On its last legs (Describing the condition of objects, Part 1)
- Stunned and thunderstruck (Words for being surprised or shocked)
Liz Walter
- Wimps and scaredy-cats: talking about people who are not brave
- Plucking up courage: talking about being brave
Paul Heacock
- A sad farewell
- The words of 2012
racheledf
- What can we learn from emails?
Trevor Bryden
- Mind your p’s and q’s
- What makes a litter?