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John McWhorter / Affixless in Flores: Why Flores Is a Puzzle and What to Do About It

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John McWhorter / Affixless in Flores: Why Flores Is a Puzzle and What to Do About It

College of Arts and Humanities | Linguistics | Maryland Language Science Center Thursday, February 27, 2025 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm HJ Patterson, 2114/2118

On February 27, John McWhorter joins us from Columbia University, with a talk titled "Affixless in Flores: Why Flores is a Puzzle and What to Do About It." The talk, for a language science audience, argues that "some unusual languages on the island of Flores which are useful in a lesson that languages do not have a tendency to simplify, and that when they do, it is a sign of extensive use of the language as a second or third one by adults."

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On February 27, John McWhorter joins us from Columbia University, with a talk titled "Affixless in Flores: Why Flores is a Puzzle and What to Do About It." The talk, for a language science audience, argues that "some unusual languages on the island of Flores which are useful in a lesson that languages do not have a tendency to simplify, and that when they do, it is a sign of extensive use of the language as a second or third one by adults."

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