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How did we get from written words scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to punctuation?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Is TikTok ruining language?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Are there 'magic' words?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        We're gonna have to ask you to go ahead and watch this video. "
          
          
            
                
                    
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        It's one of the most contentious debates in linguistics!
          
          
            
                
                    
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        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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        Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names.
          
          
            
                
                    
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        Children are sponges for language acquisition. Which leads us to ask the question: how much does TV
          
          
            
                
                    
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        We already know that English borrows from everybody, but can it be considered a Creole language?
          
          
            
                
                    
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        How do you teach children to read? This question is at the heart of a decades-long battle.
          
          
            
                
                    
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How did we get from written words scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to punctuation?
          
          
            
                
                    
                        Episode:
                    
                
            
            
                
                    S5
                
            
            
                
                  E9
                
            
            
                
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                  9:19
                
            
          
        Is TikTok ruining language?
          
          
            
                
                    
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                    S5
                
            
            
                
                  E7
                
            
            
                
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                  7:18
                
            
          
        Are there 'magic' words?
          
          
            
                
                    
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                  E6
                
            
            
                
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                  7:21
                
            
          
        We're gonna have to ask you to go ahead and watch this video. "
          
          
            
                
                    
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                  E5
                
            
            
                
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                  5:51
                
            
          
        It's one of the most contentious debates in linguistics!
          
          
            
                
                    
                        Episode:
                    
                
            
            
            
                
                  E4
                
            
            
                
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                  12:22
                
            
          
        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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                  E3
                
            
            
                
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                  7:05
                
            
          
        Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names.
          
          
            
                
                    
                        Episode:
                    
                
            
            
            
                
                  E1
                
            
            
                
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                  8:36
                
            
          
        Children are sponges for language acquisition. Which leads us to ask the question: how much does TV
          
          
            
                
                    
                        Episode:
                    
                
            
            
                
                    S4
                
            
            
                
                  E11
                
            
            
                
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                  6:21
                
            
          
        We already know that English borrows from everybody, but can it be considered a Creole language?
          
          
            
                
                    
                        Episode:
                    
                
            
            
                
                    S4
                
            
            
                
                  E10
                
            
            
                
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                  6:51
                
            
          
        How do you teach children to read? This question is at the heart of a decades-long battle.
          
          
            
                
                    
                        Episode:
                    
                
            
            
                
                    S4
                
            
            
                
                  E9
                
            
            
                
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                  8:35
                
            
          
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
