Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
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Aug 23, 2016 • 38min
Word Sex
Where do new words come from? Often old words.
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Aug 8, 2016 • 47min
Should Shakespeare Get a Modern English Makeover?
A conversation with Jack Lynch, author of Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard.
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Jul 26, 2016 • 41min
Are Emoji a Language?
A conversation with Gretchen McCulloch on the big meaning behind our favorite little pictograms.
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Jul 12, 2016 • 29min
Finding Life in a Dead Language
A conversation with Ann Patty, author of Living With a Dead Language, about her transformative experience learning Latin.
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Jun 29, 2016 • 32min
Rules Are Made to Be Spoken
A conversation with Sali Tagliamonte, author of Making Waves: The Story of Variationist Sociolinguistics.
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Jun 14, 2016 • 28min
Should We Make English Spelling Easier?
A conversation with etymologist Anatoly Liberman, author of Word Origins and How We Know Them.
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May 31, 2016 • 31min
Your Brain on Profanity
Benjamin K. Bergen, author of What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves, discusses the science of cursing.
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May 17, 2016 • 26min
LinguaFile XXIV | Roshambo
Why some people call rock-paper-scissors roshambo, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.
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May 3, 2016 • 27min
The Blaccent
Linguist John McWhorter says the so-called blaccent is largely about vowel sounds.
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Apr 19, 2016 • 22min
LinguaFile XXIII | Red Herring
How Clupea harengus — a.k.a. Atlantic herring — came to signify a diversionary tactic, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.
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