Linguistic Discovery
Hi! 👋 Linguistic Discovery is all about the science and diversity of language! 🗣️🧏🏼
I (Danny Hieber, Ph.D. in linguistics) post about the latest science news in linguistics, how language works, why it changes, and the diverse ways that different languages do things!
This channel also highlights minority and indigenous languages whenever possible!
What to do when someone corrects your pronunciation
The etymology of ‘one’: From Proto-Indo-European to Modern English
Did Kanzi the bonobo understand language?
What alien languages can teach us about human languages: The linguistics of “The Three-Body Problem”
From counting to cuneiform: How writing was invented
The history of “Young Adult Literature”: Don & Danny Explain
Where do writing systems come from? Writing as technology
"dairy milk": What are retronyms?
The development of color terminology
The Grimm Brothers & The birth of modern linguistics
Catalogue of the World's Endangered Languages
The Poverty of the Stimulus & Artificial Intelligence
AI taught to learn words like a baby
“Everything is so expensive anymore”: The linguistics of “positive anymore”
When are words added to the dictionary?
Latin is a language, not a logic puzzle
Good at focusing? You may be bilingual
Can we make a phonetic spelling system for English?
Most of English vocabulary is borrowed
PSA: Don't be judgy about grammar
"It was 7:30 whenever I ate breakfast this morning": Punctual "whenever"
Chinese isn't (technically) a language
If you understand it, it’s correct (maybe)
What’s the best dictionary?
(Not) anything goes: Not all pronunciations are correct
What’s the correct pronunciation of “pecan”?
![Preview: What are verb templates? [bonus video]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/NtzEL4qSwzY/mqdefault.jpg)
Preview: What are verb templates? [bonus video]
Did Egyptian hieroglyphics come from cuneiform?
The linguistics of “Prometheus”
How did California get so many languages?