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06:45
The history of “Young Adult Literature”: Don & Danny Explain
02:06
3 things people get wrong about language
03:29
Where do writing systems come from? Writing as technology
01:25
"dairy milk": What are retronyms?
01:30
The development of color terminology
01:15
The Grimm Brothers & The birth of modern linguistics
01:22
Catalogue of the World's Endangered Languages
01:22
The Poverty of the Stimulus & Artificial Intelligence
01:20
AI taught to learn words like a baby
01:01
“Everything is so expensive anymore”: The linguistics of “positive anymore”
02:33
When are words added to the dictionary?
01:27
Latin is a language, not a logic puzzle
01:13
Good at focusing? You may be bilingual
03:52
Can we make a phonetic spelling system for English?
01:25
Most of English vocabulary is borrowed
01:25
PSA: Don't be judgy about grammar
01:13
"It was 7:30 whenever I ate breakfast this morning": Punctual "whenever"
02:56
Chinese isn't (technically) a language
01:12
If you understand it, it’s correct (maybe)
01:24
What’s the best dictionary?
01:30
(Not) anything goes: Not all pronunciations are correct
01:29
What’s the correct pronunciation of “pecan”?
01:24
Preview: What are verb templates? [bonus video]
02:09
Did Egyptian hieroglyphics come from cuneiform?
04:05
The linguistics of “Prometheus”
02:41
How did California get so many languages?
01:27
Could Neanderthals hear human speech? New research says “yes”
01:02
Letters that make your lips touch (and why!)
01:49
Where does the name "Appalachia" come from?
01:01
Borrowing grammar rather than words
02:11
The same sound or different sounds? Allophones & Allophony
02:57
Why is English so inconsistent? Hamburgers, French Fries, Geese and Meese
01:05
Linguistics Valentine Poem
01:01
Pronouncing a word you've only read: Spelling Pronunciations
01:30
The cognitive linguistics of color
01:17
How to tell someone is from Chicago based on how they speak
01:39
Do older languages have fewer sounds?
01:30
Why grammatical gender isn't what you think: The Papuan Languages, Part 6: Nouns & Gender
01:19
A language with only 100 verbs: The Papuan Languages, Part 5: Complex Verbs
02:37
An entire sentence in one word: The Papuan Languages, Part 4: Verbs
01:29
Languages without basic sounds: The Papuan Languages, Part 3: Sound Systems
01:49
How to count to 74 on your body: Papuan Languages, Part 2: Counting
01:26
The most linguistically diverse country in the world: Papuan Languages, Part 1
03:30
Why I hate conlangs
03:04
Words you didn’t know are related: gold, yellow, cholera, arsenic, yolk, and more!
01:28
Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian
01:27
The many senses of "run"
01:26
shrinkage
01:07
How lapis lazuli led to a word for ‘blue’
01:30
No Native American languages in the Eastern U.S.?
04:53
Preparing for grad school in linguistics
01:15
Is the Southern accent disappearing?
05:09
The language lacuna in North America
01:30
The Chitimacha Trilogy
01:24
The Boasian Trilogy
02:22
Words from Hell [book preview]
02:18
Distinctions Between Things: Linguistics Edition
02:12
Philology vs. Linguistics: What's the difference?
01:24
What is Zipf's Law in linguistics?
02:18
Typology of Intonation