/tags/linguistics Linguistics en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:19:41 GMT /government-politics-issues/2020-09-10/missouri-s-t-professor-sees-racism-in-linguistics-and-proposes-solution Missouri S&T English professor and author Sarah Hercula says our language is fraught with racism and sexism, but there is a linguistics approach to changing that. Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:19:41 GMT /government-politics-issues/2020-09-10/missouri-s-t-professor-sees-racism-in-linguistics-and-proposes-solution Jonathan Ahl /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-09-04/wash-u-linguist-analyzes-american-dialects-discrimination From New York to Los Angeles, people everywhere develop speech patterns unique to their region; however, these varied dialects are discriminated against… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 22:38:55 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-09-04/wash-u-linguist-analyzes-american-dialects-discrimination Evie Hemphill, Caitlin Lally /arts/2018-03-14/herre-and-thurr-how-st-louisans-celebrate-identity-and-accents-on-314-day Inspired by the work of Nelly, Chingy and other St. Louis rappers, a group of linguists at New York University began studying the “urr” sound in the mid-2000s. At the time, many linguists still wrongly believed that African-American English sounded the same all across the country — a myth that persisted in the field for decades. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:17:05 GMT /arts/2018-03-14/herre-and-thurr-how-st-louisans-celebrate-identity-and-accents-on-314-day Carolina Hidalgo /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2014-01-20/encore-missour-ee-or-missour-uh-talking-about-talking-in-st-louis-and-beyond Originally aired Feb. 13, 2013Is it Missour-ee or Missour-uh?Those two pronunciations of the state, according to linguist John Baugh of Washington… Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:27:55 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2014-01-20/encore-missour-ee-or-missour-uh-talking-about-talking-in-st-louis-and-beyond Alex Heuer