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The Vanishing Dual: How Old English Lost Its Two‑Person Pronouns
Episode 158
Published 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Description
Explore how the once‑common dual pronouns of Old English disappeared through contact with Norse, printing pressures, and digital shorthand. This episode traces the grammatical shift from a rich inflectional system to our modern two‑plus structure and examines why such changes shape language learning today.
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