Linguistic Discovery
Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D., Colin Gorrie, Joshua Blackburn, Useless Etymology, Danny BateTeaching you about the science and diversity of language \ud83d\udde3️
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 67 | Subscribers | Read | linguisticdiscovery.substack.com |
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Creator of the quiz game League of the Lexicon, author of The Language-Lover's Lexipedia (Bloomsbury / Avid Reader Press), and now columnist and quiz writer for The Observer. Also, photographed every launderette in London.
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Purveyor of articles and fun facts about languages of history and the history of languages. Linguist, writer, broadcaster, podcaster, author of the new book 'Why Q Needs U'. BA, MPhil, PhD, etc. etc.
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