A short on how “meat” changed meaning
Paul released a Short about semantic narrowing: how a word’s meaning becomes more specific over time.
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Paul Jorgensen makes Langfocus, a YouTube channel exploring the world’s languages, their histories, how they work and what they share.
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What did “deer” originally mean?
A new Short looks back at the original meaning of the English word “deer”.
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A look at Afghanistan’s languages
Paul shared a public clip from his members video “Russian in Central Asia”, focusing on the languages of Afghanistan.
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Can Arabic speakers read Persian?
Paul presented Persian sentences to native Arabic speakers, exploring what they could understand through their reactions and discussion.
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Modern Hebrew meets Biblical Hebrew
A comparison video explores the similarities and differences between Modern Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew.
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