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Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

Archie Crowley · TED

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About

Dictionaries and grammar "rules" don't have the final word on language -- and believing they do can harm more than help, especially for the trans community. Sociolinguist Archie Crowley deconstructs three common myths around language, demonstrating how it's a fluid system that naturally evolves in the direction of inclusion.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxUofSC
Speaker
Archie Crowley
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, History, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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