Linguistics with David Patrick Myers
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Learning about linguistics as I am: Usual topics include Wendat, Seneca & Ojibwe morphology & graphology & revitalization, preservation & promotion of these.
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The answer involves the evolution of Latin into the Romance languages, how our brains process language, how spelling relates to pronunciation, how language changes over time, and analogy to other words in English. There’s a lot packed into understanding such an innocuous word!
January 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The answer involves the evolution of Latin into the Romance languages, how our brains process language, how spelling relates to pronunciation, how language changes over time, and analogy to other words in English. There’s a lot packed into understanding such an innocuous word!
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Why do some people pronounce the ⟨g⟩ in “longevity” twice?
Learn all about the history of “longevity” and its pronunciation here:
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Learn all about the history of “longevity” and its pronunciation here:
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/longev...
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Why is the ⟨g⟩ in “longevity” pronounced twice?
How the spelling of “longevity” is playing a mental trick on you
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January 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Why do some people pronounce the ⟨g⟩ in “longevity” twice?
Learn all about the history of “longevity” and its pronunciation here:
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/longev...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/linguist...
Learn all about the history of “longevity” and its pronunciation here:
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/longev...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/linguist...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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However, fluency among younger generations is slipping. And one thing that makes standardization tricky is that Guarani is a dialect continuum.
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
However, fluency among younger generations is slipping. And one thing that makes standardization tricky is that Guarani is a dialect continuum.
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Guarani is a member of the Tupian language family, and is one of the most widely spoken Native American languages. About half the rural population of Paraguay are monolingual speakers of the language.
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Guarani is a member of the Tupian language family, and is one of the most widely spoken Native American languages. About half the rural population of Paraguay are monolingual speakers of the language.
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Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guarani, one of the country’s two official languages (Spanish being the other).
www.independent.co.uk/news/paragua...
www.independent.co.uk/news/paragua...
Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guaraní, a language of roots and soul
Guaraní is one of Paraguay’s two official languages alongside Spanish
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guarani, one of the country’s two official languages (Spanish being the other).
www.independent.co.uk/news/paragua...
www.independent.co.uk/news/paragua...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Why does Q always need a U? A quirky guide to the alphabet
The letter A was once an ox’s head and O was an eye — you’ll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate’s fascinating linguistic history
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
The letter A was once an ox’s head and O was an eye — you’ll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate’s fascinating linguistic history
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Why does Q always need a U? A quirky guide to the alphabet
The letter A was once an ox’s head and O was an eye — you’ll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate’s fascinating linguistic history
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
The letter A was once an ox’s head and O was an eye — you’ll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate’s fascinating linguistic history
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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What other stats would you be interested to know?
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
What other stats would you be interested to know?
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Linguistic Discovery’s 2025 year in review, and what’s coming up in 2026!
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January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Linguistic Discovery’s 2025 year in review, and what’s coming up in 2026!
#linguistics #language #science
#linguistics #language #science
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January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of raised dots for blind people at the mere age of 15.
Here’s the story of how Louis Braille created a writing system for the blind.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Here’s the story of how Louis Braille created a writing system for the blind.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
How Louis Braille revolutionized a writing system—despite efforts to stop him
Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of raised dots for blind people at the mere age of 15.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of raised dots for blind people at the mere age of 15.
Here’s the story of how Louis Braille created a writing system for the blind.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Here’s the story of how Louis Braille created a writing system for the blind.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
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Whenever someone asks me how many languages I speak I’m going to show them this graph:
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Whenever someone asks me how many languages I speak I’m going to show them this graph:
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Previous research had shown that fetuses and newborns can recognize familiar voices and even that they prefer their native language soon after birth. But these findings come mostly from behavioral cues—sucking patterns, head turns or heart rate changes—rather than direct evidence from the brain.
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Previous research had shown that fetuses and newborns can recognize familiar voices and even that they prefer their native language soon after birth. But these findings come mostly from behavioral cues—sucking patterns, head turns or heart rate changes—rather than direct evidence from the brain.
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A recent study suggests that babies start processing language before they are born. A research team in Montreal has found that newborns who had heard short stories in foreign languages while in the womb process those languages similarly to their native tongue.
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
A recent study suggests that babies start processing language before they are born. A research team in Montreal has found that newborns who had heard short stories in foreign languages while in the womb process those languages similarly to their native tongue.
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Babies’ brains recognize foreign languages they heard before birth
www.scientificamerican.com/article/babi...
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Babies Start Processing Foreign Languages before They Are Born
Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find
www.scientificamerican.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Babies’ brains recognize foreign languages they heard before birth
www.scientificamerican.com/article/babi...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/babi...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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