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Canguro English

Canguro English presents a podcast about language for people learning languages.

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Linguistic Relativity | The Story of Language | Episode 4

Linguistic Relativity | The Story of Language | Episode 4

Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In thi... Read more

7 May 2020

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The theory and practice of field linguistics | The Story of Language | Episode 5

The theory and practice of field linguistics | The Story of Language | Episode 5

Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In thi... Read more

18 Jun 2020

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