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Also this week: Mom defends decision to teach her kids French despite not being a native speaker + Why English isn’t actually decaying + Baby talk is good for your child, actually
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On Persia, Iran, Farsi, and Aryan: The many names for Iran, its peoples, and its languages
Current Linguistics
Also this week: Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to a Eurovision Song Contest that embraces linguistic diversity + Linguists are mapping Rhode Island’s linguistic diversity
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On Polari and the history of queer language
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Also this week: More Ukrainians are switching from speaking Russian to Ukrainian + Scientists say AI is bringing us closer to talking to animals + A new book on the world’s vanishing languages
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Inspiring words for linguistics majors
Current Linguistics
Also this week: New Mexico is losing a form of Spanish spoken nowhere else + Study finds that isolated human groups speak more diverse languages
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What this African American English expression teaches us about the world’s languages
Current Linguistics
Also this week: Universals of swearing across languages + Does learning Latin improve your SAT scores? + What killed penmanship
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Language is shaped by everyday people, not the Big Names™ of history
Current Linguistics
Also this week: Sperm whale communication closesly mirrors human language + Why toddlers don’t understand the words “I” and “you”
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A sneak peek at Dr. Valerie Fridland’s new book, “Why we talk funny: The real story behind our accents”