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Episode 116
Languages across the world developed similar words for mom and dad. How is that possible?
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8 years, 7 months ago
Did Cavebabies Say Mama and Papa?
Episode 116
Cultures across the world have similar words for mom and dad. How is that possible?
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8 years, 7 months ago
New Life for Dying Languages
Episode 115
The Language Conservancy's Wil Meya discusses the effort to revive Native American languages.
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8 years, 8 months ago
New Life for Dying Languages
Episode 115
A conversation with Wil Meya of The Language Conservancy.
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8 years, 8 months ago
Negatory! A Brief History of No.
Episode 114
John McWhorter on the history and evolution of no and not.
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8 years, 8 months ago
Negatory! A Brief History of No.
Episode 114
On the history and evolution of no and not.
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8 years, 8 months ago
Why Do Languages Have Contractions?
Episode 113
John McWhorter explains why we love shrinkage.
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8 years, 8 months ago
Why Do Languages Have Contractions?
Episode 113
The economy and informality of contracting speech.
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8 years, 8 months ago
The Incredible Lightness of Being
Episode 112
John McWhorter considers the eccentric irregularity of the verb to be.
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8 years, 9 months ago
The Incredible Lightness of Being
Episode 112
On the enduring unusualness of the verb to be.
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8 years, 9 months ago