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Obituary for Katherine Barber, editor of Canadian Oxford Dictionary

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-the-word-lady-shared-her-passion-for-canadian-english/

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Scientists reconstruct Neanderthal ear to hear what they heard: consonants!

https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2903/neanderthals-had-the-capacity-to-perceive-and-produce-human-speech

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Linguistic markers predict onset of neurological disease

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30327-8/fulltext

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New online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

https://sfdictionary.com/

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Oxford Languages words of the year

https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2020/

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we Gardena in geardagum: Viking ship burial and mead hall discovered Norway

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavation-viking-ship-burial-continues-new-research-reveals-history-elite-scandinavian-society-180976273/

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Lexicographico-philia: a life of dictionary loving lived well.

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Updating dictionary definitions? Mirriam-Webster’s entry for “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/dining/msg-chinese-restaurant-syndrome-merriam-webster-dictionary.html

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Christopher Tolkein Obituary: The Silmarillion

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/books/christopher-tolkien-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries

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Requiring cursive writing instruction: linked letters improve spelling proficiency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/nyregion/cursive-writing-nj.html?searchResultPosition=1

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