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Should we simplify spelling?

Karina Galperin · TED

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How much energy and brain power do we devote to learning how to spell? Language evolves over time, and with it the way we spell -- is it worth it to spend so much time memorizing rules that are filled with endless exceptions? Literary scholar Karina Galperin suggests that it may be time for an update in the way we think about and record language. (In Spanish with English subtitles)

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxRiodelaPlata
Speaker
Karina Galperin
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
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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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