lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 99: A politeness episode, if you pleaseIf it wouldn’t be too much trouble, if you have a spare half hour, could we possibly suggest that you might enjoy listening to...

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 98: Helping computers decode sentences - Interview with Emily M. BenderWhen a human learns a new word, we’re learning to attach that word to a set of concepts in the...

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 97: OooOooh~~ our possession episode oOooOOoohh 👻Eye of newt and toe of frog,Wool of bat and tongue of dog…In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren...

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 96: Welcome back aboard the metaphor train!We’re taking you on a journey to new linguistic destinations, so come along for the ride and don’t forget to hold on! In...

lingthusiasm:95: Lo! An undetached collection of meaning-parts!Imagine you’re in a field with someone whose language you don’t speak. A rabbit scurries by. The other person says “Gavagai!” You...

dashboarddiaries:Every Tumblr user knows that we Tumblrinas use language a little differently. We’re not like other social media users. We’re weird. We’re weirdos. And this month, we have actual...

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 94: The perfectly imperfect aspect episodeWhen we’re talking about an activity – say, throwing teacups in a lake – we often want to know not just when the action...

lingthusiasm:Episode 93: How nonbinary and binary people talk - Interview with Jacq JonesThere are many ways that people perform gender, from clothing and hairstyle to how we talk or carry ourselves....

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 92: Brunch, gonna, and fozzle - The smooshing episodeSometimes two words are smooshed together in a single act of creativity to fill a lexical gap, like making...

lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 89: Connecting with oral cultureFor tens of thousands of years, humans have transmitted long and intricate stories to each other, which we learned directly from...