Recently, a trend has caught the attention of many linguists, especially those interested in sounds. This trend happens to be sound change, specifically, how it happens and why it happens. This ...

This article originally appeared in Issue 7 of Crawdaddy in December, 1966. A major source of innovation in any art is external influences, influences derived from widespread, eclectic origins outside ...

Setting -- A sketch of English phonology and phonological theory -- The transformational cycle in English phonology -- Word-level phonology -- Summary of rules -- The evolution of the modern English ...

A Ukrainian designer mimics the silhouettes of mountain ranges, tree lines, jet streams, and other patterns with illustrations of sound frequencies. It’s a natural human tendency to see patterns and ...

This is the second of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the second of eight other consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore ...