Daily Archives: December 14, 2020

More on gender in language

Here is an informative article on gender in language and how it shapes us (ignore the headline given in the URL): https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201006-are-some-languages-more-sexist-than-others?ocid=ww.social.link.email

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American Jewish Accent or New York Accent?

Is it all a matter of prosody? It’s complicated. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-linguists-are-fascinated-by-the-american-jewish-accent?utm_source=share_by_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailto_share

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“Tones of voice” in Zoom

This article explains how we express tones of voice in texting and in video: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20201210&instance_id=24891&nl=the-morning&regi_id=119842915&segment_id=46542&te=1&user_id=0a9e615b84ef22dc186607f2166707e3

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