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Author Archives: arnovick
Early medieval English burial contains 7th century woman’s necklace giving us picture of life among the first English speakers.
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “gaslighting.” Have you seen the movie?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year
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Are you in goblin mode? Oxford University Press Dictionary word of the year 2022
https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/
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Babbling at your baby: is “parentese” a language universal?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/parentese-is-truly-a-lingua-franca-finds-global-study/articleshow/93098906.cms
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New Oxford Dictionary of African American English: crowd sourced lexicography
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Bronze age migrations: Does DNA suggest how Celtic arrived in Britain?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04287-4.epdf?sharing_token=igH__GmkimaqkEJDFQUBLdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PBEMt6aQZuFBqIW4mI9InPLfo2Iq0k1n38cbV7_p9SB0kUSU_29uCEC0GX5vY9_HsmxWN_cUQTAJUnQ7_sDbUJT_uSS8pX2oxGw_6W_xcXsS02qpS69B94YMSAQfd4DLjEcSt5GE8r3kHGOGOtz7GYnGObrb5vdHwPb-Tud5_25g%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.bbc.com
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Zadie Smith translates Chaucer’s Middle English for play about Wife of Bath
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59307100
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OED new words 2021: the language of climate change
https://public.oed.com/blog/the-oed-october-2021-update/
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The term “BIPOC” – a couple of different views
Debates about terminology involve complex and important issues. Here are two views about the term “BIPOC”: https://www.virginialawreview.org/articles/why-bipoc-fails/
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Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year 2021: Vax
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/31/vax-chosen-as-word-of-the-year-by-oxford-english-dictionary-firm
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