Some interesting links
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On Bilingualism (from newer to older)
- Everyone has an accent, New York Times, July 14, 2018
- Why some speakers can't understand speakers who understand them - Asymmetric Intelligibility, NativLang, June 29, 2018
- The care home residents proving it's never too late to learn a new language, The Guardian, July 25, 2018
- Why it’s OK for Bilingual Children to Mix Languages, The Conversation, June 20, 2018
- Sesame Street: Spanish Me, English Me Song, Oct 8, 2017
- Spanish Thrives in the U.S. Despite an English-Only Drive,New York Times, Ago 23, 2017
- Savoring the Spanish of My Youth, as the Language Marches On,New York Times, Ago 23, 2017
- For the Love of Spanglish, New York Times, July 20, 2017
- Raising a Truly Bilingual Child, New York Times, July 10, 2017
- How babies learn the rules of language, Tucson.com, Jan 30, 2017
- Why Sofia Vergara Relying On Latina Stereotypes For Laughs Is So Damaging, Huffington Post, Jan 9, 2017
- Bad language: why being bilingual makes swearing easier, The Guardian, March 27, 2015
- What happens in the brain when you learn a language?, The Guardian, September 4, 2014
- How Languages Evolve, Ted-Ed, May 27, 2014
- ‘No Hangeo’, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 2013.
- ...Pero es que en inglés suena mejor, Hoy Digital, Feb 8 2013.
- Life as a bilingual. Retaining an accent, Psychology Today, January 19, 2013
- Program helps children maintain Spanish skills learned at home, JCONLINE.COM, Dec. 9, 2012.
- Learn French, Canada, it's good for you, The Globe and Mail, May 22, 2012.
- Why Bilinguals Are Smarter, The New York Times, March 17, 2012.
- Study finds all bilingualism gives kids an advantage, This is my Time, February 8, 2012.
General Linguistics
- Study: Articulation-relevant brain regions are also active in perception of language, News Medical, July 2, 2018
- Relatively speaking: do our words influence how we think? The Guardian, January 29, 2014
Sociolinguistics
- Lenguaje inclusivo, Aug 18, 2018
- How language Shapes Our Perception of Reality, Fast Company, July 28, 2018
- Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think?, Linguistic Society of America, no date
- How “Sounding White” Helps Get You Ahead—on Film and in Real Life, Life, July 20, 2018
- The Accent Gap: How Amazon’s and Google’s smart speakers leave certain voices behind, The Washington Post, July 15, 2018
- Everyone has an accent, New York Times, July 14, 2018
- ‘Sorry to Bother You’ is Right - Minorities are judged by the sound of their voice, and there’s science to prove it, Business Insider, July 8, 2018
- Meghan Markle Hasn’t Adopted A British Accent, According To Linguistics Experts, Inquisitr, July 7, 2018
- New research shows link between ethnicity and bias, Australian National University, July 5, 2018
- The Omaha Tribe's language is fading. A new documentary hopes to help preserve it, Omaha World-Herald, July 5, 2018
- Language Matters: A Recovery Scientist Explains the Impact of Our Words, The Fix, July 2, 2018
- The Futility of Standing Athwart Language Yelling ‘Stop!’, The Atlantic, June 26, 2018
- New Research Shows that Gender Stereotype Impacts Children, ABC, June 25, 2018
- Spanish Thrives in the U.S. Despite an English-Only Drive,New York Times, Ago 23, 2017
- Savoring the Spanish of My Youth, as the Language Marches On,New York Times, Ago 23, 2017
- For the Love of Spanglish, New York Times, July 20, 2017
- Talking to Boys the Way we Talk to Girls, New York Times, July 15, 2017
- Does Your Accent Make You Sound Smarter?, BBC, May 23, 2017
- Do you pronounce 'scone' to rhyme with 'cone' or 'gone'? It depends where you're from, The Guardian, April 22, 2017
- Sesame Street: Spanish Me, English Me Song, Oct 8, 2017
- How babies learn the rules of language, Tucson.com, Jan 30, 2017
- Why Sofia Vergara Relying On Latina Stereotypes For Laughs Is So Damaging, Huffington Post, Jan 9, 2017
- She? Ze? They? What’s in a Gender Pronoun, New York Times, Jan 30, 2016
- What makes a language attractive - its sound, national identity or familiarity?, The Guardian, July 17, 2014
TED Talks on Linguistics
- How Language Shapes the Way We Think, Nov 2017
- What Makes a Word “Real”?, March 2014
- 3 Ways to Speak English, February 2014.
- Ted Radio Hour. Episode Spoken and Unspoken, December 13, 2013.
- The Birth of a Word, March 2011
- The Linguistic Genius of Babies, October 2010
Podcasts
- The Vocal Fries, about linguistic discrimination
- Code Switch, race and identity, remixed
- Lingthusiasm, All topics within Linguistics
- Talk the Talk, General linguistics
- Word of Mouth, Explores the world of words and the ways in which we use them
