Tag Archives: Language

STRESS-SHIFT: stress, accent, and rhythm EXPLAINED

Posted on July 27, 2025 by agogo22

[…] The stresses shown in dictionaries are so often different from the reality of English speech. To understand why, we need to unpack STRESS, ACCENT and RHYTHM! For animations, a big thankyou to Marta at / @3dprintsandleaves 0:00 Introduction 3:36 … Continue reading →

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Parts of speech English doesn’t have, but these languages do!

Posted on July 27, 2025 by agogo22

Nouns, verbs, prepositions and… osphresaesthemes? Watch me get animated about the many parts of speech around the world. Support: please scroll down for links! Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_… Tip me once: https://www.ko-fi.com/NativLang Patronize me per creation: / nativlang ~ Shortly … Continue reading →

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Pictorial books from Mexico defy our definition of writing – Ñuu Dzaui pictography

Posted on July 27, 2025 by agogo22

The Mixtec script looks like pictures. It’s a writing system. How does it work? What happened to it? Here’s what makes their glyphs unique, even how their usefulness outlasted colonization. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_… Check my sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e… Group to … Continue reading →

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Will Algorithmic Self-Censorship Unalive Language? | Otherwords

Posted on July 25, 2025 by agogo22

TikTok users are altering their speech to evade algorithmic filters–but will this harm language in the long run? Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, … Continue reading →

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Why are people saying Chalant?

Posted on July 24, 2025 by agogo22
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What’s with the letter N?

Posted on July 23, 2025 by agogo22
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African Romance language still around? #linguistics #history #language

Posted on July 21, 2025 by agogo22
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How to say “Purple” in different languages! #purple #colors #languages #languagelearning #slavic

Posted on July 21, 2025 by agogo22
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Sharks Aren’t Fish, but Whales Are

Posted on July 20, 2025 by agogo22

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Allusionist 211. Four Letter Words: -gate — The Allusionist

Posted on July 19, 2025 by agogo22

MP3 • APPLE PODCASTS • RSS • GOOGLE • TRANSCRIPT The other day was the 53rd anniversary of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, which not only caused a lot of political uproar, it had a big linguistic legacy: the … Continue reading →

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