Outside English
I am a linguist with strong anti-prescriptivist views. I think that linguists are not for telling people how to speak, but should only describe it. This post is about how I negotiate these views at the time of Christmas holidays. Continue reading “Outside English”
Asking to ask
Time and again, my Twitter timeline contains tweets encouraging people to be active in asking questions about suicide ideation or intent. I dislike such recommendations strongly and, in this post, I want to explain why. Some people will find this post controversial. Continue reading “Asking to ask”
Images of depression
“We need to move beyond head-clutcher images and find new ways to visually represent mental health problems.”, I read a couple of days ago. I disagree, at least to an extent, and this post is an account why. Continue reading “Images of depression”
Language and change
In the last post, I wrote about the current Polish debate about gender in language. In particular, the debate is about how speakers of Polish can refer to women. Somewhat surprisingly, the Polish Council for the Polish language decided to speak too. This post is my comment on that intervention. Continue reading “Language and change”