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LQ Podcast 28: Invented Languages Klingon. Esperanto. Dothraki. Dive into the weird world of invented languages with LQ editor Aidan Flax-Clark, linguist Arika Okrent, and an array of language inventors.
Babel On! Languages are constantly evolving and so are the ways that we learn them—three new books dispel the myth of Babel.
LQ Podcast 27: DARE Delve into the history of DARE, the Dictionary of American Regional English, with LQ contributor Simon Winchester and DARE chief editor Joan Hall.
Living Languages map by Haisam Hussein
Spreading the Word 1312 / Vienne
Seen But Not Heard 1922 / New York City
Sticks and Stones Spring 2012, “Means of Communication”
Medium and the Mesenger Spring 2012, “Means of Communication”
Invented Languages Spring 2012, “Means of Communication”
How the Other Half Talks Spring 2012, “Means of Communication”
Reform Movements Spring 2012, “Means of Communication”
Falling Off the Donkey c. 350 / Syria
The Imperial Faculty 1821 / Pisa
Trains of Thought 1651 / London
In the Names of Progress 1896 / Shanghai
To Keep the Word Alive 1985 / Paris
Proofreading 1789 / Philadelphia
City Talk 1744 / New York
What White Folks Call Verbal Skills c. 1955 / Baton Rouge
One World, One Language c. 2800 BC / Uruk
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