Gossip Girls Creating Language

OMG!!!!!!! Gossiping teenage girls may just be talking about boys and Glee (the television show, not the emotional state), but they're also on the cutting edge redifining our language.

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You Are What You Speak

How many languages do you speak? Five? Six? Well Robert Lane Green has you beat, he speak nine! And he just wrote a book called You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity. Listen to what Mr. Green has to say about such topics as German, and Shakespeare, on The Economist Podcast.

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Linguistics

Sam Chwat was a linguist known for helping Hollywood actors perfect an accent they needed for a roll. He recently died at the age of 57, and Fresh Air played an interview with Chwat from a few years ago.

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