Author - Adam Kilgarriff

common errors in English • global English • improve your English • Learn English

Are you -ish, -ic, -ese or -ian? (Or none of these?)

6 years ago

Most people in Spain are Spanish and speak Spanish. Most people in Italy are Italian and speak...

linguistics and lexicography • Love English

New Year’s resolution: no adverbs

7 years ago

Nouns are what the world is made of. Verbs are how you put them together. Adjectives are...

language technology • linguistics and lexicography • Love English

Google the ecosystem: what is a word worth?

8 years ago

In his TV documentary The Deep, David Attenborough relates how his team found a recently-dead whale...

language change and slang • linguistics and lexicography

Three English singletons

9 years ago

This post comes from Adam Kilgarriff, a linguist and a specialist in the area where linguistics...

global English • language change and slang • linguistics and lexicography

Geoffrey was a subtle salmon

10 years ago

When I was thirteen, I went to a chess championship in Southend-on-Sea. It was grey and windswept...

global English • language technology

Google the verb

10 years ago

Our next guest post comes from Adam Kilgarriff. Adam is a linguist, and a specialist in the area...