Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists podcast

How languages evolve

2/2/2024

Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists

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Will Tingle took on this linguistic query from listener Satya with the help of David Crystal... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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