Linguistic Discovery
Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D., Colin GorrieTeaching you about the science and diversity of language \ud83d\udde3️
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The curse of knowledge (and what to do about it)
ℹ️ This is a slightly modified, cleaned-up transcript of the commencement speech I gave last week to the linguistics department at the College of William & Mary in Virginia (my alma mater).
I’ve also included a list of resources on careers...
The Ass Camouflage Construction
What an African American English expression teaches us about the world’s languages
African American English (AAE) has a cool expression called the Ass Camouflage Construction:
The Great Men™ of Language
Language is shaped by everyday people, not the Big Names™ of history
Many people still adopt a Great Men™ approach to language even if they reject it for history in general.
Baby, talk to me: How children get their accents
ℹ️ Today we’ve got a special guest post from sociolinguist Valerie Fridland, Ph.D., who’s giving us a sneak peek at her new book, Why we talk funny: The real story behind our accents (Amazon | Bookshop)! I’m really happy to see this book co...
Baby talk in the languages of the world
Across all languages, child-directed speech is simplified in both obvious and nonobvious ways—whether through overt simplification of words or covert avoidance of complex clauses—even when it sometimes appears that children are being presen...
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