Author Archives: arnovick

The author of this novel uses Old English to create a fictional “shadow tongue” which a modern audience can read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/books/review/the-wake-by-paul-kingsnorth.html?_r=0

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Hot off the press: the newest Oxford Dictionaries updates. Bants!

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/08/new-words-update-manspreading-mic-drop/

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This is a humorous look at a newish vocabulary word: selfie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/opinion/is-this-a-selfie.html?_r=0

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Who were the Indo-Europeans, cont. Is the secret in ancient DNA?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/science/dna-deciphers-roots-of-modern-europeans.html?_r=0

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Economy, vocabulary, and literature

From NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/science/study-finds-literary-mood-reflects-previous-decades-economy.html?_r=0

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Literary language and the economy

From NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/science/study-finds-literary-mood-reflects-previous-decades-economy.html?_r=0  

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On the Indo-European ancestor of English: diaspora from the IE homeland

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/science/new-light-on-the-roots-of-english.html?_r=0

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Sanskrit: A language is a language with an army, or at least a politician.

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On language and oral tradition

http://www.vancouversun.com/Kwakwaka+wakw+songs+preserve+ancient+traditions/9777668/story.html

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A goober with any other name. Here’s an interesting history of trade and vocabulary.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/04/20/304585019/a-legume-with-many-names-the-story-of-goober

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