The Podling

Join us this week for an engaging conversation between our hosts Emma, Niko, and Madison as we discuss the very important role that sociolinguistics plays in internet language & slang, and how that language interacts with society! 

Episode Transcript by Emma Ahmann and Niko Attebery

Edited by Jess Costanza and Fawn Dupras

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Join us this week for an engaging conversation with Dr. Anne Lobeck of the WWU Linguistics department as we discuss the very important role that linguistics has in the world of education, and how that landscape is changing! A special thanks to Dr. Anne Lobeck for joining us for this episode! 

Anne Curzan's work covered in this episode can be found here

Episode Transcript by Emma Ahmann and Niko Attebery

Edited by Jess Costanza

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In this episode, we explore identity and the self through the lens of linguistics with a fellow WWU linguistics student, Nathan Shepard. Join us as we unravel what identity means in a linguistic landscape and how we can use linguistics to navigate self identity and social justice!

A special thanks to Nathan Shepard, our first guest of season 2! Nathan's paper can be found here

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This week on The Podling, we dive into some interesting idioms from the different languages we are learning, and try to guess their figurative meanings based on the literal meanings. Join us and try to guess alongside the hosts!

Edited by Jess Costanza

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Season 2 Episode 1 of The Podling is finally here! Grab a snack, relax, and tune in as we discuss some fun etymology and histories of words that you may not have known before! We had a blast researching and sharing these interesting origins, and hope you will have just as much fun listening!

Episode Transcript by Emma Ahmann

Edited by Fawn Dupras

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Welcome back to The Podling everyone! In this season we have new hosts taking over for Jess and exploring even more of the linguistic world we live in. Tune in for fun conversations, linguistics activities, interviews, and much more!

This project is developed and hosted by linguistics students Emma Ahmann, Niko Attebery, and Madsion Peyton with special help from Jess Costanza and Fawn Dupras.

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I had a blast talking to Dr. Christina Keppie in this final episode of The Podling's first season! She gives us her linguistic origin story within a study abroad trip to Belgium and we hear about her fascinating new Linguistics & Canadian-American Studies course on the Acadian diaspora — a community she'd learned about on that very study abroad trip. Plus, Christina shares her experiences with teaching French language and linguistics as a Canadian Francophone.

More info about LING & C/AM 302: Acadian Diaspora in Canada and the US

Episode transcript by Graham Blair

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Phonemic tones of Ket, language learning advice, and Professor Vajda's answer to the question of who he'd invite to a dinner party if he could pick anyone — this episode's got it all!

Other presentations from Edward Vajda:

WWU CHSS Dean's Lecture Series: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

WWU CHSS Dean's Lecture Series: Firelight on the River: Siberia’s Ket People and Ancient North America

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Tlingit and the Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis

J.R.R. Tolkien's Imaginary Languages

Episode transcript by Graham Blair

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In this interview, we hear we hear from R. Mata — he covers his research on the linguistic patterns and attitudes of Spanish-speakers in communities near the U.S.-Mexico border and gives some advice to undergraduate students who might want to pursue their own research. We also talk about how the shift of conferences to virtual spaces has changed the landscape for undergrad students looking to access a variety of academic opportunities.

Episode transcript by Graham Blair

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This episode features a conversation with Dr. Jordan Sandoval, where we talked about her collaborative research on phonological awareness as part of Spanish language learning (and teaching!), plus what students can gain from their efforts in projects like this. Jordan also shares what it is about language that she finds so magical.

Episode transcript by Graham Blair

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