For linguists, it was the decade of the pronoun
- Written by Reed Blaylock, PhD candidate in Linguistics, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The American Dialect Society chose 'they' as its 'Word of the Decade.'abstract_art7/Shutterstock.comOn Jan. 3, the American Dialect Society held its 30th annual “Word of the Year” vote, which this year also included a vote for “Word of the Decade.”
It was the year – and the decade – of the pronoun.
In a nod to...