Une série d’articles de l’hebdo The Economist.

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Gay accents: Gay pitch, vowels…and lisp?
Several well known, and one misunderstood, features of the stereotypical gay voice.

Language preservationists: Saving speech
A New York organisation archives endangered languages for future generations.

Linguistics: Say what?
To find new subjects of study, some linguists simply open their front doors.

To be: Ask Johnson: to be, two be, or not to be?
Languages handle the simple concept of “to be” in rather different ways.

English in China: How many English learners in China?
A provocative argument that Chinese schools aren’t teaching proper English–or even Chinese

Word origins and meaning: The etymological fallacy
A word needn’t mean forever what it meant in Greek or Latin(61)

Peeves: Anti-Americanisms
British speakers dislike Americanisms even when they aren’t American.

Endangered languages: Huilliche hip-hop and more
Young people may keep endangered languages if they can text and rap in them(5)

Arabic: Syrian Arabic on the rise?
Trends in the choice of dialect for Arabic television dubbing