Fall 2012 LSA Magazine

Page 61

spin the cube

From the evolution of words to the physics of the cube, our interactive ride accelerates this second.

Word Wars

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Professor Anne Curzan describes a lexicological survival of the fittest, where some words survive, some are lost, and some new ones come traipsing unexpectedly out of the English language. by Laura J. Drouillard

Photo Scott C. Soderberg/Michigan Photography

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