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NYT (4 Feb 2015) Philosophy’s Lost Body and Soul By GEORGE YANCY and LINDA MARTÍN ALCOFF
This is the sixth in a series of interviews with philosophers on race that I am conducting for The Stone. This week’s conversation is with Linda Martín Alcoff, a professor of philosophy at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She was the president of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, for 2012-13. She is…
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Using ‘literally’ metaphorically is literally spreading like wildfire (The Guardian 24-10-2014)
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Not enough time for counting (The Economist 23-10-2014)
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The Slang Patrol (NYT 14-10-2014)
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Scots English: do you know your teuchters from your sassenachs?
Mind your Language (The Guardian), 3-10-2014 Irrespective of the political fallout from the independence referendum, the UK’s language patchwork is stronger having retained the rich tradition of Scots English An illustration from The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1888), showing Tam o’ Shanter with his ‘drouthy neibors’ – thirsty fellows in the pub. Photograph: /flickr There…
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War of the words: the global conflict that helped shape our language
