The Language Conservancy's Wil Meya discusses the effort to revive Native American languages.

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John McWhorter on the history and evolution of no and not.

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John McWhorter explains why we love shrinkage.

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John McWhorter considers the eccentric irregularity of the verb to be.

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John McWhorter interrupts the hosts of Unorthodox to discuss hallmarks and stereotypes of Jewish communication style.

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John McWhorter talks to Ben Zimmer about the Vietnam Graffiti Project and other slangy topics.

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John McWhorter discusses the near-futile impulse to determine what is, and what is not, a word.

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John McWhorter discusses communication styles with linguist Deborah Tannen, author of You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships.

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John McWhorter on the evolution from "crippled" to "handicapped" to "differently abled" and why no such term is likely to stick around long.

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John McWhorter talks to linguist Neal Whitman about the mash-up of hey and yo.

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