Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics
Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne
A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. "A fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications." –New York Times. "Joyously nerdy" –Buzzfeed.
Weird and deep half-hour conversations about language on the third Thursday of the month.
Listened to all the episodes here and wish there were more? Want to talk with other people who are enthusiastic about linguistics? Get bonus episodes and access to our Discord community at www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm
Shownotes and transcripts: www.lingthusiasm.com
Weird and deep half-hour conversations about language on the third Thursday of the month.
Listened to all the episodes here and wish there were more? Want to talk with other people who are enthusiastic about linguistics? Get bonus episodes and access to our Discord community at www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm
Shownotes and transcripts: www.lingthusiasm.com
Episodes
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Jan 16, 2017 • 28min
04: Inside the Word of the Year vote
Discover the inside scoop of the Word of the Year vote, including categories and politics, while exploring offerings from other organizations. Dive into the tension between the American Dialect Society and African-American English. Learn about the influence of Twitter on the word of the year criteria. Find out why 'democracy sausage' was chosen as the Australian Word of the Year and ponder the complicated nature of defining words in linguistics.
Dec 15, 2016 • 32min
03: Arrival of the Linguists - Review of the Alien Linguistics Movie
Linguists discuss the movie Arrival and its portrayal of linguistics, highlighting accurate language barriers and the creation of a fictional language. They explore the concept of linguistic relativity and the absence of pointing gestures in alien communication, while also sharing their recent activities and upcoming projects.
Dec 13, 2016 • 34min
02: Pronouns. Little words, big jobs
Topics discussed include pronoun systems in different languages, changing English pronouns for writing fanfiction, the excitement around singular ‘they’, the Lingthusiasm logo, the importance of pronouns in communication, logophoric pronouns and obviation, spatial locations in sign languages for pronoun reference, the history of the singular 'they' pronoun, and gender-neutral pronouns and the future of English pronouns.
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Dec 13, 2016 • 32min
01: Speaking a single language won’t bring about world peace
Wouldn’t it solve so many problems in the world if everyone just spoke the same language? Not so fast!
Lingthusiasm is a brand-new podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics, hosted by Lauren Gawne of Superlinguo and Gretchen McCulloch of All Things Linguistic.
In this first episode of Lingthusiasm, Gretchen and Lauren discuss the “one language equals peace” fallacy, and whether speaking the same words means that people will necessarily agree with each other (spoiler: no). But the history of how people have tried is still really interesting, from constructed and symbolic communication like Blissymbols and emoji to the way astronauts communicate in the high stakes environment of the International Space Station.
For links to things mentioned during this episode visit http://lingthusiasm.com/post/154520059101/lingthusiasm-episode-1-speaking-a-single-language
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