Punctuation's Weird Backstory - There was a time when written words were all scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to help the reader make sense of it. How did we get from that to this‽
How did we get from written words scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to punctuation?
What are folk etymologies?
Is TikTok ruining language?
Are there 'magic' words?
We're gonna have to ask you to go ahead and watch this video. "
It's one of the most contentious debates in linguistics!
The ways we use negation in language can be pretty complex, even AI can’t seem to make sense of it.
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Otherwords digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective into what it means to be human.
