Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley is a show about language, from pet peeves, syntax, and etymology to neurolinguistics and the death of languages. Hosted by linguist John McWhorter.
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Why Do Languages Have Gender?
Lots of languages divide words into categories, like male and female. How does that happen?
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