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Why I Blog About Linguistics

And Why Everyone Should Take an Intro to Linguistics Class

Aug 19, 2023

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Aug 19, 2023

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How many languages do you speak?

A Very Brief Introduction to Linguistics

Sep 15, 2021

A syntax tree for the sentence “Your English is probably fine”

Sep 15, 2021

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Is Present-Day English “Delulu”?

Dissecting a Cute New Coinage in English

Sep 15, 2023

Boromir meme with top text reading: “One does not simply” and bottom text reading “Coin a new word”

Sep 15, 2023

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The “Unaliving” of English

A Brief Exploration of Some English Word-Building Processes

Sep 8, 2023

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Sep 8, 2023

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Language, Dialect, and the Time-Space Continuum

The Difference Between Language and Dialect

Sep 1, 2023

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Sep 1, 2023

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The Importance of Non-Literal Meaning in Language

A Very Brief Introduction to Linguistic Pragmatics

Aug 24, 2023

A picture of the hemispheres of the human brain (looking down), with the left side having a lot of math and logic expressions, and language, with the right side having a lot of colors and music notes — suggesting creativity.

Aug 24, 2023

To Boldly Split the Infinitive, As Pretty Much Everyone Else Has Before

On A Fake Rule of English and How it Wastes Our Precious Time

Aug 12, 2023

A picture of a spock figurine giving the “live long and prosper” sign

Aug 12, 2023

Gen Z and the Future of English

How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Language Change

Aug 4, 2023

Photo of some Generation Z people

Aug 4, 2023

The Never Ending Search for the Longest Word

Why the Quest is Doomed to Failure

Jul 28, 2023

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Jul 28, 2023

The Grammar of Signed Languages

Addressing Some Common Myths About Signed Languages

Jul 26, 2023

Sign language course being taught over Zoom

Jul 26, 2023

Matthew Veras Barros

Matthew Veras Barros

Linguistics Professor at Washington University in St. Louis | Linguistics PhD | Natural language researcher | He/Him | Support me at: https://ko-fi.com/drbarros

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