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Language Diversity
Words and thought
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91725-words/
This series of Radiolab episodes offers an intriguing, if not completely balanced, view of the link between language and thought.
“No word for x”
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1081
Language Log is known for tirelessly dismantling the notion that lacking a certain word in a language impedes thinking about it. Blog posts on this topic are archived at the link above. Once you enter this archive, you may never re-emerge.
Linguistic diversity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8uUjtiaXqE
For the truly dedicated, this one-and-half hour video allows viewers to crash a panel discussion on linguistic diversity for the UC Berkeley community.
“Pretty” accents versus “ugly” accents
Are some accents uglier than others? A sociolinguist suggests ugliness is in the ear of the beholder.