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March 17, 2020 Chinese Has No Grammar, Right? Wrong!
Mandarin might not have gender or case endings but there's more to grammar than conjugations.
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52 min
March 04, 2020 From Uptalk to Vocal Fry, Women Are Prolific Language Innovators
Want to hear what English will sound like in the future? Talk to a woman.
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51 min
February 18, 2020 In What Order Did Languages Arrive in Europe?
DNA analysis is revealing which speakers traveled where and when.
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45 min
February 04, 2020 Digging Up the Past
Let's talk about how we talk about that which already occurred.
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42 min
January 21, 2020 Verbs on the Move
Coming and going in languages around the world.
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42 min
January 07, 2020 Does PROCESSES Rhyme with KNEES?
How our idea of formality can affect the way we say certain words.
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48 min
December 24, 2019 A Bisl Yiddish
Add to German a large helping of Hebrew and a dollop of Slavic. Stir. Let marinate. Enjoy!
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48 min
December 10, 2019 Private Parts
What does a rooster have to do with male genitalia anyway?
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42 min
November 26, 2019 The Soft Power of Like
Terms such as "like" and "sort of" are ways for English speakers to sound more polite.
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46 min
November 12, 2019 Men, Women and Children
What is it with people and animals and irregular plurals?
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38 min

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