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Why do the British pronounce “herb” with an /h/?
Why don’t Americans pronounce herb with an /h/?
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Why don’t Americans pronounce herb with an /h/?
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The Chitimacha language was once thought to be extinct, but today is undergoing a renaissance as young people learn the language again.
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The earliest version of cuneiform wasn't used to write language at all—it was used to count! And that Sumerian system of counting still influences our counting systems today. Here's the story of Sumerian numerals.
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William Labov was the father of sociolinguistics who pioneered the study of dialectology.
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Why an apostrophe might determine the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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Where do the world's writing systems come from?
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Here are 3 things people get wrong about language.
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Linguistic Discovery explores the science and diversity of language, a field known as linguistics.
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Does "fruition" come from the word "fruit"?