How 'be like' took over the world, with Sali Tagliamonte

<p>1163. This week, we look at what it’s like to be a "language detective" with Sali Tagliamonte and how she used her own teenagers as a research lab. We look at a 25-year study on how the phrase "be like" became a permanent fixture of English, why the word "very" is suddenly making a comeback with younger generations, and what happens to our language when we spend all day talking to AI.</p><p><a href="https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/staff-faculty-profile/sali-tagliamonte" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sali Tagliamonte, University of Toronto</a></p><p>🔗 …