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October 29, 2019 Zombie English
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Long-dead elements of the language still haunt our everyday speech.
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35 min
October 16, 2019 Let's Do Lunch
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Come table-hopping as we discuss the linguistic quirks of some mealtime terms.
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39 min
October 01, 2019 How to Think Like a Linguist
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Never mind those 26 letters—the English language has 44 unique sounds.
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38 min
September 17, 2019 Has English Gotten Less Complex?
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English has shed many of its nuances over the centuries. Take pronouns, for example.
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42 min
September 03, 2019 S#!t, Hell and Darn
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Curse words can reveal a lot about language. S#!t, hell and darn, to name three, contain countless linguistic lessons.
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37 min
August 19, 2019 This Family Speaks 1,200 Languages
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From Madagascar to Easter Island, Austronesian tongues traveled far and wide with early seafarers.
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47 min
August 06, 2019 Language vs. Dialect
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The difference between a language and a dialect is mostly meaningless and entirely political.
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43 min
July 23, 2019 The Internet Loves the Exclamation Point!!
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A conversation with linguist Gretchen McCulloch about her new book, Because Internet.
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39 min
July 09, 2019 Why Is "Ph" Pronounced That Way?
Why is ph pronounced that way? The answer is positively phantastic.
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47 min
June 25, 2019 Does Language Affect Thought?
We revisit the popular notion that our language helps shapes our worldview.
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48 min

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