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Baby, talk to me: How children get their accents
A sneak peek at Dr. Valerie Fridland’s new book, “Why we talk funny: The real story behind our accents”
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A semiweekly newsletter showcasing the diversity of the world’s languages. Articles include deep dives about how language works, profiles of different languages, explainers of concepts in linguistics, reviews of language-focused books and media, and lots more! Some posts are only available to paid subscribers, but most are free.
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Baby talk in the languages of the world
How parents talk to their children around the globe
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Were the Ancient Greeks colorblind?
Why Homer uses colors so strangely in the Iliad and the Odyssey
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What kind of language is Eridian, question?
The linguistics of Project Hail Mary
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Do all cultures use baby talk?
Or is baby talk just something that white middle class Americans do?
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Do these Stone Age symbols push back the origins of writing by tens of thousands of years?
Nope. The real finding is even cooler.
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The Wug Test: How children learn grammar
What can a simple word game teach us about how language works?
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Is baby talk good for your child?
Does using baby talk make language learning easier, or does it hinder your child’s language development?
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The etymology of “love”
“love” and its many related words in English
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The science of libfixes
How libfixes work, where they come from, and what they teach us about language and the mind
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What’s the point of baby talk?
How caregivers instinctively simplify their speech for children—and how it helps
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Why is “February” spelled with two ⟨r⟩’s?
Why is “February” spelled with two ⟨r⟩’s even though most people only pronounce one of them?