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Linguistics HQ episodes
- Meanwhile, in Ethiopia......: an introduction to African language families
The ancient Greeks are back! How did an Austronesian language end up in Africa? Which are the most ancient known African languages? And where does a pachyderm come into it? Tune in to find out!
20 min - The usual suspects: an introduction to the Indo-European family
Is it safe to eat a 2000 year old Panini? Are you troubled by eccentric relatives? Should you just Grimm and bear it? Tune into this episode to learn about the origins and history of the Indo-European language family!
20 min - It's all relative: an introduction to language families
How do languages end up with family resemblances? Can two words really be separated at birth? What does your vocabulary have to say about your ancestors? And who invited Sanskrit to the family reunion? Tune into the first episode of this new series on historical linguistics and language families to find out more!
23 min - Use it or lose it! An introduction to language death
Why are some languages living on borrowed time? Is there life after death for a language? And could your language be next? Tune into this episode to find out the answers to these questions and many more! Linguistics HQ will now take a summer break but will return on September 2nd with a new series, so do subscribe so that you don't miss out!
23 min - How to lose a language in three generations: an introduction to language shift
Why do grandchildren always seem to answer in the wrong language? Can a language lose a popularity contest? And is language shift just rebranding with better marketing? Tune into this episode to find out!
21 min - The language remix: an introduction to pidgins and creoles
Could you survive an Arctic trading expedition armed with twenty words and your creativity? When is a pidgin fully fledged? And how can you accidentally invent a language? Tune into today's episode to find out!
22 min - A double take on contact phenomena: an introduction to code-switching
Do you ever start a sentence in one language and terminarla en otra? Would you like to learn a cunning way to make people think you're bilingual? And the ancient grammarians are back! Tune in da learn bagaimana multilingual speakers miksaju i matchaju on a daily basis!
15 min - Grammar on the move: an introduction to syntactic borrowing
Do you know your Balkans from your Baltic? Does that preposition have a passport? And how did the Normans get their own back on us for borrowing so many of their words? Tune into this episode on syntactic borrowing to find out about structural borrowing and convergence!
15 min - Finders keepers: an introduction to lexical borrowing
Take a siesta from your schedule, hit the sofa in your pyjamas and rendezvous for a linguistic smorgasbord of loan words! Tune in to this episode to find out why and how we borrow words and where borrowing fits in to a more sinister picture!
19 min - Going back to our roots: an introduction to ethnic identity and mother tongue
How can you trick someone into thinking you're bilingual? What are AAVE, MLE and UBE? And where have the Ancient Greeks got to?! Tune in to find out about how a person's ethnic identity and mother tongue might influence the way they speak. Linguistics HQ will then go on an epic Easter egg hunt, but will be back for a new season on Wednesday 22nd April. so don't forget to subscribe, and see you then!
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About Linguistics HQ
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Are you curious about how languages work? Have you ever wondered, for example, why humans speak and animals don’t, or why there are so many different languages? Maybe at some point you’ve asked…
yourself why some people start a sentence in one language and finish it in another, or whether women really do talk more than men, or who invented the alphabet, or where we get new words from. Perhaps you want to know why the language you’re learning has masculine and feminine words, or you’ve heard rumours of languages that consist entirely of whistling! And where do designer dogs fit into all this?!
Well, you’ve come to the right place, because the Linguistics HQ podcast will answer all of these questions and many more! We’ll explore every aspect of the science of language, starting with the basics, from how languages are structured to how we can use our knowledge of linguistics to discover exciting things and even make our world a better place. Whatever sort of language enthusiast you are, Linguistics HQ has got something for you. I’m Dr Rebecca Mitchell and I’m a lecturer, teacher and public speaker, and I’m on a mission to make the science of language everyone’s business. So hit subscribe and let’s get thinking, talking and learning about linguistics!
www.linguisticshq.co.uk