For the Love of Language

For the Love of Language

By EJ and StacieEducation
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For the Love of Language episodes

  • Idioms

    Do you think of fluffy beasts falling from the sky whenever someone says, "it's raining cats and dogs," or do you think of getting out your slingshot when your boss says, "let's kill two birds with one stone?" This episode is all about idioms.

    27 min
  • Language Origin Stories

    What are the different myths around language creation and how languages became distinct from each other? We talk about several different cultures' language origin stories.

    33 min
  • Jargon

    We dive into domain-specific language, as well as cultural appropriation and whether jargon should always be public.

    32 min
  • Language and Capoeira with Only the Strongest

    We team up with Only the Strongest, some of our amazing podcasting capoeira friends, and talk about how language is used in the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. List to more of Only the Strongest here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3jw3OGIPDqc2jL8isOFHVD?si=6a1547224f18447e

    57 min
  • Inner Dialog

    What does your language look like when you're speaking to yourself in your head? We discuss thought in interpretation, how people address themselves in their heads, and changing your inner dialog.

    41 min
  • Writing, Editing, and Publishing with Ashley de Tello

    Ashley de Tello, the CEO of De Tello Publishing, joins us to talk about how she helps people profitably publish their ideas. We dive into different parts of the writing and publishing process, as well as ghost writing. Check out De Tello Publishing at detellopublishing.com.

    37 min

About For the Love of Language

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The podcast where linguists discuss all things language. We address the questions you've always wondered about, like, "what is the most difficult language?" or "which language learning app is best?"