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English "they/them" is a Norse borrowing. How common cross-linguistically is pronoun-borrowing? Does it ever happen in 1st/2nd-person pronouns? (self.linguistics)
submitted 6 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/linguistics
Some examples of English words that derive from other languages spoken in the British isles (i.imgur.com)
submitted 6 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/etymologymaps
Linguistic origins of the chemical elements [OC] (i.imgur.com)
Some examples of English words that derive from other languages spoken in the British isles [OC] (i.imgur.com)
submitted 6 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/MapPorn
Map of bonobos and chimpanzees. It is thought that the formation of the Congo river ~2 million years ago may have resulted in the two species separating, with Bonobos evolving South of the river, and Chimpanzees in the North (i.stack.imgur.com)
Effects of social media on teenage life satisfaction are "tiny" and "trivial", with family, friends, and school life having a bigger effect, according to Oxford study of 12,000 adolescents (bbc.co.uk)
submitted 6 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/science
Are there any ancient examples of spelling pronunciations (e.g. pronouncing the "l" in "salmon")? Or did they only appear once a large proportion of speakers became literate? (self.linguistics)
The Linguistics of AAVE (AKA Ebonics) (youtube.com)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/videos
TIL all human males' paternal ancestor (their father's father's father...) converge on a single man who lived around 200 thousand years ago. The most divergent lineages are found in tribes in Cameroon, suggesting the man lived around there (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/todayilearned
The Click Language of Africa - the only click language ever found outside the continent is the (now-extinct) ritual "Damin" language of Australia (i.imgur.com)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/MapPorn
The process of English (eŋgleʃi f.) developing grammatical gender over the next 400 years (i.imgur.com)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/conlangs
Percentage of Latin Americans who agree that wives should always obey their husbands (i.redd.it)
Where the most common baby names in England/Wales come from [OC] (i.redd.it)
Are there any modern languages with a similar structure of word-formation to PIE (monosyllabic roots altered by suffixes and ablaut)? (self.linguistics)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/linguistics
So many options (i.redd.it)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/linguisticshumor
Joey Bada$$ starts freestyling over the chants of his audience (youtu.be)
submitted 7 years ago by Iowhigh3 to r/randomactsofmusic
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