In this episode, I got to speak with Dr. Emily Curtis! We talked about combatting harmful prescriptivism with fascinating linguistic knowledge, the importance of explaining jargon in academic papers, linguistic stereotypes in much-loved media, and more.

The World Atlas of Language Structures is the database/map of languages and their features mentioned near the end of the episode!

Episode transcript by Graham Blair

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Music: Sunset Drive by Tokyo Music Walker