Category Archives: Languages & Linguistics

[ Note: Parts 1 through 4 appeared in earlier installments of my blog. ] Part 5 – The Vowel Sounds In parts 1 through 4 of this essay, we have been considering how we might (theoretically) rethink the English alphabet … Continue reading →

Part 4 – Phonemes and Dialects [Parts 1 through 3 can be found in previous blog entries that appeared in the past couple of weeks. Part 5, which will probably be the final part of this essay, will appear in … Continue reading →

[Note: Parts 1 and 2 appear below. Parts 4 and 5 will appear in a few days.] Part 3 – The Consonant Sounds Among the 26 letters of the standard English alphabet, we consider 5 of the letters to represent … Continue reading →