Linguistic Discovery

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Hi! 👋 Linguistic Discovery teaches you all about the science and diversity of language—a field known as linguistics.

I (Danny Hieber, Ph.D.) post daily about how language works and the incredible diversity of the world’s languages.

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If you want more of the latest news, research, and interesting articles in language and linguistics, check out my free weekly digest!

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Translanguaging is the use of linguistic resources from more than one language in a single discourse setting, in a way that crosses linguistic, political, or social boundaries. The term is meant to encompass a variety of phenomena, including code-switching and crossing.

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This article is an interview with one of the main progenitors of the concept, Ofelia García.

https://t.co/1rLmmufNmT

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@DannyBate4 Grab a copy here! (Now available in the US!)

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Where did we get the letters of the alphabet from?

And why does English use them so strangely?

This new book takes you on a linguistic odyssey through the history of the alphabet!

“Why Q needs U: A history of our letters and how we use them”

@DannyBate4

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If you want more of the latest news, research, and interesting articles in language and linguistics, check out my free weekly digest!

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Polari is a secret slang or “cant” used by gay men that developed in the UK and became an integral part of gay subculture.

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And here’s a great book all about the history of Polari

Amazon: https://t.co/QzFqYIc9FO
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@sophiasgaler If you want more of the latest news, research, and interesting reads in language and linguistics, check out my free weekly digest!

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How to kill a language: Power, resistance, and the race to save our words

A forthcoming book from UK journalist Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler looks and how languages are lost and what happens when they disappear

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@sophiasgaler Grab a copy here:

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You can now watch the video of my commencement speech for the Lavender Celebration at the College of William & Mary! Happy Pride!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Polari and the history of queer language: Learning to live out loud

https://t.co/QymtcIpFIZ

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This was literally what my Ph.D. dissertation was about 🤓 @xkcd

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Here’s a video of my commencement talk for the linguistics department at the College of William & Mary!

The curse of knowledge (and what to do about it)

https://t.co/CHt5sE8PA5

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If you want more of the latest news, research, and interesting articles in language and linguistics, check out my free weekly digest!

https://t.co/ql9bPYeCuV

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The missing 11th of the month:

Why is the 11th day of the month is the least-frequently mentioned online?

(Hint: It has nothing to do with 9/11)

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Find out why here:

https://t.co/pwPCl5VstZ

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🗞️ Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics!

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👀 When words look like their meaning, we process them faster

🎤 Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to a Eurovision Song Contest that embraces linguistic diversity

📖 The Mohawk are devising new ways to teach their language

⚓ Linguists are mapping Rhode Island’s linguistic diversity

🗿 All about the mysterious Rongorongo script of Easter Island

📘 A new book on how children learn language comes out next week