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Here is part two of my interview with the famous linguist Professor David Crystal.

In this one I asked him some questions from my listeners.

I didn't get a chance to ask all of the questions I received so if your question isn't included,

then I do apologize. I left out some questions just because I think he'd already

answered them in one way or another or because we just didn't have enough time.

But the questions I did ask him covered quite a wide range of different topics, including the way that foreign words

get absorbed into English, predictions for the future of English, how to deal with the workload

of studying linguistics at university, the nature of English how languages affect the way that we think and see the

the nature of English syntax how languages affect the way that we think and

see the world

uh... why British people use indirect and polite language, the influence of artificial intelligence

on language learning, the effects of Brexit on English in the world, whether it's appropriate

to speak like Ali G, some study tips and also some comments on the

English of Donald Trump and Barack Obama.

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