Author Archives: arnovick

If I were feeling moody today…

http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/save-the-subjunctive-3/

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Resurrecting a dying language

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/in-california-saving-a-language-that-predates-spanish-and-english.html

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Like, how polite is “like”?

By John McWhorter http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/opinion/sunday/like-degrading-the-language-no-way.html

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Literary language and the economy

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/science/study-finds-literary-mood-reflects-previous-decades-economy.html

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A “super” dictionary? OED editor speaks of its future

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/books/oeds-new-chief-editor-speaks-of-its-future.html?_r=0

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We mourn the loss of a great English poet. He unleashed his word hoard.

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