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Hidden Brain — Episode 57: Slanguage
Scout ratingSCOUT· 38%24m·2017-01-10·Science

Episode 57: Slanguage

Hidden Brain

Young people have always used language in new and different ways, and it has pretty much always driven older people crazy. But the linguist John McWhorter says all the "likes" and LOLs are part of a natural – and inevitable –evolution of language. This week on Hidden Brain, why language can't "sit still." Hosted by…

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