Linguists’ Forum

Language users, many a time, are not direct in their conversations. They are usually diplomatic in their choice of words. Often,…

Among the stages of language development in children, as identified in psycholinguistics, are pre-linguistic (cooing and…

My years at the College of Education (Now Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology), Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti…

Five grammatical units have been identified in the study of language. These are morphemes, words, phrases, clauses and sentences.…

The highly revered linguist, Noam Chomsky, describes language as a system of rules by which humans produce an infinite number of…

One of the factors by which the world rates virtuous individuals is the consistency in their behaviour over time. Incidentally,…

For easy understanding of the grammar of English language, teachers of English at the basic level usually identify three major…

One of the takeaways from last week’s episode of Linguists’ Forum is the emphasis on the placement of the participle clause near…

One of the features that set formal writings apart from other forms of writing is their being free from superfluous detail. They…

In my formative years, I was taught that verbs are action words. That is a good way for my teachers of those years to introduce…