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Politeness Has Changed. Our Language Shows How

Published by Time · United States 10 h ago

Valerie Fridland is a linguistics professor and the author of Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English and Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents.…

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