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Linguist explains how slang like ‘rizz’ comes into being, catches fire with younger generations
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Linguist explains how slang like ‘rizz’ comes into being, catches fire with younger generations

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Words as weapons: How the Israel-Hamas war also turned language into a battleground

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Words as weapons: How the Israel-Hamas war also turned language into a battleground

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Where do accents come from? Linguist explains why we talk the way we talk
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Where do accents come from? Linguist explains why we talk the way we talk

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Close out the 2021 spring semester with these virtual events

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Close out the 2021 spring semester with these virtual events

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The popularity of ‘ok boomer’ may well just ‘ok boomerang’
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The popularity of ‘ok boomer’ may well just ‘ok boomerang’

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Why do Bostonians drop the ‘r’?

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Why do Bostonians drop the ‘r’?

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3Qs: What using the name ‘Daesh,’ rather than ‘ISIS’ or ‘ISIL,’ really means

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3Qs: What using the name ‘Daesh,’ rather than ‘ISIS’ or ‘ISIL,’ really means

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A biological engine for human language

A biological engine for human language

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Three Northeastern students named Fulbright scholars

Three Northeastern students named Fulbright scholars

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3Qs: The evolution of profanity

3Qs: The evolution of profanity

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The science of language

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The science of language

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He said she said

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He said she said

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