by Deacon | Apr 11, 2025 | Language Adventures
Knowable Magazine just published a fascinating piece on the role of interjections—those quick, often-overlooked non-words we toss into conversations. We are often criticized for using them. But, backed by research in linguistics and conversation analysis, the... 
by Deacon | Dec 19, 2024 | Language Adventures
Today’s Language Adventures takes us to a word whose time is ripe. It is the perfect linguistic device for our expanding vocabulary. It works double hard to create new words born out of our need to communicate more effectively in our rapidly changing and demanding... 
by Deacon | Apr 30, 2024 | Language Adventures
Does your office need a defenestration, or would an analeptic suffice? Are you shouting, “What is she saying?” I don’t blame you, but sometimes, using two rarely used words together will help you to remember both words, their meanings, and their... 
by Deacon | Apr 25, 2024 | Language Adventures
I wouldn’t say a word that could be reckoned as injurious,But to find a mother younger than her son is very curious,And that’s a kind of mother that is usually spurious.Taradiddle, taradiddle, tol lol lay! Iolanthe 1882Gilbert and Sullivan Although you might think... 
by Deacon | Apr 18, 2024 | Language Adventures
Anaphora in my coffeeAnaphora in my tea, Anaphora in green eggs and ham, Isn’t it just poetic to see? Anaphora in my textsAnaphora on my blog Anaphora is the echothat clears the morning fog. Anaphora is the repetition of the beginning words of a sentence. It is a... 
by Deacon | Feb 18, 2024 | Language Adventures
Piggyback marketing implies a business relationship between two or more companies. It is a cost-effective collaboration to promote each other’s products or services and leverage each other’s resources and markets for mutual benefit. If you are in marketing and...