Graphic detail | Pleasantness scores
Johnson, our language columnist, reviews the attractiveness of speech
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LINGUISTS TEND to say that all languages are valuable, expressive and complex. They usually attribute negative attitudes to prejudice and politics. That is probably why no one has carefully studied the touchy question of which ones are seen as beautiful or ugly.
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