Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 10, 2017 • 33min
Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read
A conversation with Mark Seidenberg, author of Language at the Speed of Sight.
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Dec 27, 2016 • 29min
Away in a Penthouse, the Little Lord Jesus
When hath gave way to has, plus the original meaning of merry.
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Dec 13, 2016 • 30min
What "The Wizard of Oz" Can Tell Us About "Arrival"
In Arrival, Amy Adams plays a linguist who discovers that language can radically alter a person’s sense of reality. Can it actually?
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Nov 30, 2016 • 34min
Black Like Us
Are the slang, sounds and syntax of Black English a kind of universal patois for America’s youth?
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Nov 15, 2016 • 32min
Language Lessons of Past Presidents
Some unwitting English instruction from previous U.S. presidents.
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Nov 1, 2016 • 36min
How You Vanquished Ye, Thee and Thou
How our rich and complex system of second-person pronouns got whittled down to just you.
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Oct 18, 2016 • 34min
Why Do People in Old Movies Talk Like That?
On the peculiar speech patterns of early 20th century Americans.
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Oct 4, 2016 • 28min
Billy and Me Went to the Store
On the unwritten rules of pronouns.
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Sep 20, 2016 • 26min
What Is a Dictionary, Really?
A conversation with John Simpson, former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Sep 6, 2016 • 26min
The Invisible Language of Nursery Rhymes
What does Hickory Dickory Dock really mean?
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