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Arika Okrent / ˈɛrɪkə ˈoʊkrɛnt / [1] is an American linguist and writer of popular works on linguistic topics. Early life and education. Okrent was born in Chicago to parents of Polish and Transylvanian descent. She was fascinated by languages beginning at an early age, which is what made her pursue a career in linguistics .
Arika Okrent was born in Chicago and became fascinated with languages at an early age. She flitted from language to language in school, wondering why she couldn’t just settle down and commit to one, until she finally discovered a field that would support and encourage her scandalous behavior: Linguistics.
Arika Okrent is a linguist who studies natural and artificial languages, and writes about them for popular audiences. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, a book on invented languages, and a book on the history of English.
Arika Okrent is a linguist and the author of a book that explores the history and culture of artificial languages. The book features reviews, quotes, and praise from various sources, such as New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Salon.
Arika Okrent. Linguist, author of In the Land of Invented Languages, living in Chicago, doing her part to fight off the cot-caught merger and keep.
Classy Insults from Latin and Greek. Videos made for Mental Floss (http://mentalfloss.com/) from Arika Okrent (https://twitter.com/arikaokrent) and Sean O'Neill...
May 2, 2018 · Linguist Arika Okrent states that “theories of language origins have generally been based on hunches”. It is a kind of chicken and egg riddle that has attracted various speculative theories.
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