Why do people use double negatives? And what’s the difference between a pidgin vs. a creole?
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Also this week: The long-lost Chinese typewriter that changed modern computing, plus why AI doesn’t work in bars. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages
Do languages get simpler over time? Could they get more complex?
How does your grammar change over the course of your lifetime?