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I majored in linguistics in college, along with computer science, and am still interested in language. I especially interested in changes in how language handles gender, and have been following the slow and steady growth of singular they.

• Changing Contra Dialects
  October 26, 2023
• Relational Speaking
  June 21, 2023
• Ungendered Spanish
  December 07, 2019
• Double Tongue Whistling
  October 2, 2019
• Possible one-syllable words
  January 21, 2018
• An Update on Gendered Pronouns
  October 22, 2016
• Pro-drop English
  July 20, 2015
• Unmerging a Consonant Pair
  June 15, 2015
• 'They' for individuals
  May 15, 2015
• Singular They FAQ
  May 14, 2015
• Pushing They
  November 18, 2014
• "They" is OK By Me
  November 17, 2014
• N-Jie
  December 15, 2013
• Improper Adjectives
  August 14, 2013
• Consistency in OntoNotes
  July 29, 2013
• Against Singular 'Ye'
  July 21, 2013
• Avoiding Distinctions With Abbreviations
  June 17, 2013
• Substituting 'the' for gendered prounouns
  March 22, 2013
• Latin Plurals
  October 27, 2012
• Them that verb phrase
  August 12, 2012
• Toward ungendered language
  August 07, 2012
• Singular They And Social Networking: Google Plus
  July 19, 2011
• Brandeis Dance 2010-10-09
  October 11, 2010
• Why do Languages When Left Alone Become More Complex Over Time?
  July 16, 2010
• Facebook and Singular 'They'
  December 08, 2009