I ended last week’s column, which had to do with the pronunciation of the letter Gimmel in ancient Hebrew, with an explanation of how the dual nature of the beged-kefet consonants as both plosives and ...

Originally, six Hebrew letters had dual stop/fricative roles, and all six followed the same pattern. The set is known by the mnemonic beged kefet (bet-gimel-daled kaf-peh-tav), which by chance means ...

The next time you find yourself wondering about the highest use of linguistics, or enduring the insulting grunts and groans of petulant adolescents and wondering how such noises could even be ...

Whenever people listen to a beatboxing expert, there are two big questions that come up: What are those noises? And how are they being made? Linguistics to the rescue! Even if you still can't ...