linguistics
here i write about language and languages
specific learning difficulties (splds) and second language acquisition are of particular interests to me
how i became bilingual
not to be confused with 'how to become bilingual' as this is not a guide to acquire two languages in general. this is my personal experience or precisely an experiment carried out myself. i am so-called late bilingual which means i acquired the second language...
on being a bilingual
i was born and grew up in japan. i could have easily become a unilingual japanese speaker whose english ability is extremely limited, but this is not the case. why? my education was in both japan and england as i wanted to go to a university in an english-speaking...
why small letters?
why do i write in small letters? do i have a fear of capital letters? would i prefer not to shout? i explore possibilities of english writing. whilst the (arguably) 'correct' use of capital letters is widely accepted and grammatical, i do not feel this is...