In this episode of Linguistically Aware, Dusan talks to Dr. Svitlana Winters about the ways in which language is used in advertising. They talk about the ways language of persuasion is different from the language of education, what linguistic concepts lie behind catchy advertisement slogans, why marketing experts should have linguistics on their team, and why advertisements don’t always mean what they say or say what they mean.

In this episode of Linguistically Aware, Dusan talks to Dr. David Sidhu about the ways in which sounds of language can be symbolic. They talk about the reasons why we project meaning to certain sounds, why some sounds are melifluous and gentle, why other sounds are intense and strong, what lies behind our names, and how parents choose names for their babies.

In this episode of Linguistically Aware, Dusan talks to Dr. Joey Windsor about the ways in which languages can be invented. They talk about Dothraki, High Valyrian, the languages of the most popular series today – Game of Thrones. They also talk extensively about Klingon and many other invented languages breaking apart what takes a language to be developed.

In this episode of Linguistically Aware, Dusan talks to Dr. Darin Flynn about the ways in which language is used in rap music. They talk about the course Dr. Flynn teaches – Rap Linguistics, the ways language is used in rap music, how rappers extend the use of rhymes, and why Eminem is a true language maverick among the rappers.