Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
Episodes
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Sep 8, 2014 • 33min
Demonstratively Speaking
On the rhetorical effect of this, that, these and those.
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Aug 25, 2014 • 27min
LinguaFile II | Lagniappe
On the etymology of a gratuitous word, featuring lexicographer Ben Zimmer.
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Aug 12, 2014 • 34min
The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro
Journalists Nathan Rabin and Christopher John Farley on the pitfalls of coining a viral term.
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Jul 28, 2014 • 22min
LinguaFile I | Discombobulate
On the etymology of a bewildering word, featuring lexicographer Ben Zimmer.
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Jul 15, 2014 • 37min
Fisherman's Whorf
On The Language Hoax, in which author and linguist John McWhorter pushes back against the idea that language affects culture.
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Mar 14, 2014 • 35min
Legislating Language
Our next witness, Your Honor, is the dictionary — court cases in which lexicography played a starring role.
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Jan 28, 2014 • 39min
The Dude Abides
The early history of dudery, starring swells and fops and with a cameo by Mark Twain.
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Dec 20, 2013 • 27min
Learning to Say No
The surprisingly complex taxonomy of simple negation.
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Dec 17, 2013 • 31min
Ask Not Who Wrote "Ask Not"
The crowdsourcing of JFK’s most iconic speech: Crafting President Kennedy’s inaugural address.
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Dec 10, 2013 • 26min
The End of Ambiguity
On an invented language that forces you to choose your words carefully.
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