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A Defense of "Bad" English: Interview with Valerie Fridland
Instead of criticizing deviations from Standard English as "wrong," what if we celebrated them as expressive lingusitic innovations? In this conversation with Valerie, we take a look at some of the quirky features of Eng...
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A Defense of "Bad" English: Interview with Valerie Fridland is an episode from Words for Granted by Raymond Belli. Instead of criticizing deviations from Standard English as "wrong," what if we celebrated them as expressive lingusitic innov...
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Published Apr 27, 2023, 50:13 long, audio available.
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Instead of criticizing deviations from Standard English as "wrong," what if we celebrated them as expressive lingusitic innovations? In this conversation with Valerie, we take a look at some of the quirky features of English that our language teachers taught us to avoid, and in true Words for Granted fashion, we attempt to understand how and why they emerged. To buy Valerie's new book, "Like Literally, Dude," click here .
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Published Apr 27, 2023 and 50:13 long