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The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their OriginsLearning where words come from, how they change over time and what counts as a word; language is one of the things that reveal how minds work; one can learn what words can tell about human history, technology and culture.

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Now PlayingThe Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their OriginsLearning where words come from, how they change over time and what counts as a word; language is one of the things that reveal how minds work; one can learn what words can tell about human history, technology and culture.0The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their OriginsIn the Oxford English Dictionary, one can find dead words and distinctly contemporary words; looking at the lifespan of words from birth to death; learning semantics, which is the study of how words mean what they mean.