English Is Practically Naked

英语几乎赤裸裸地展现了其本质。

Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios

社会与文化

2024-07-13

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A cyclone came through and blew off most of English’s clothes, says John, in Part II of his discussion of Indo-European. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lexiconvalley.substack.com
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  • If you're a paid subscriber of Lexicon Valley, I have some important news for you.

  • Starting next week,

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  • And if you're not a paying subscriber, then really, you should be.

  • And now is a great time.

  • From Booksmart Studios, this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.

  • I'm John McWhorter, and this is a part two.

  • In our last episode, we started covering a family, a language family,

  • that's both very familiar but in many unexpected ways unfamiliar to us,

  • and that is good old Indo-European.

  • And I talked about Proto-Indo-European and what happened to it,