Last time I was on vacation I noticed how my perception of my surroundings changed. I was able to appreciate the same things I haveRead More
A comic about grammars
Who else reads grammars? Linguists read grammars to get the gist of the language they are interested in and not so much to learn howRead More
A comic about Melbourne
Living in Melbourne really changed my perspective on coffee. Now I only drink locally roasted (light roast of course) coffee anywhere I go!
A comic about fieldwork 3
This comic is a great illustration of what it means to be a linguist surrounded by people speaking the language you are studying. We areRead More
A comic about Berlin
This comic is a tribute to the beautiful Berlin summer, which is almost gone now. See a short text under the comic. One of theRead More
A comic about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
This comic is inspired by the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, and especially its interpretation in the 2016 film Arrival. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, more precisely called “linguistic relativity”, refersRead More
A comic about laplap
This comic talks about my experience of falling in love with laplap, the national dish of Vanuatu. My favorite by far is the laplap madeRead More