Anne Curzan- What makes a word real?
One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’
and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they
don't appear in the dictionary. After all, who actually decides which words
make it into those pages? Language historian Anne Curzan gives a charming look
at the humans behind dictionaries, and the choices they make.
John Mcwhorter- Is texting killing the English Language? (language change)
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John
McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally
— than it seems, and it’s all good news.
Deb Roy- The birth of a word (CLA)
Debroys speechome project with his son. How the word 'gaga'
develops into 'water' over a three year period.
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