371: -nado, -holic, -pocalypse: Combining Forms (Live Q&A)
Take a tornado. Add some sharks. You've got a sharknado. But it's not just sharks that can leap out of their normal...
45:48
Names are what they are, and as long as they work, they work. But sometimes in the history of naming, people name...
29:35
369: The Grammarian Is In (with Ellen Jovin)
Talking to Ellen Jovin, author and proprietor of Grammar Table, where she dispenses face-to-face grammar advice to...
01:22:05
Poetry isn't (just) enjoyable, it can be useful. It can help us with language learning and memorisation, and help...
01:10:27
367: Your Inner Prescriptivist (with Alyssa Severin)
Talking with Dr Alyssa Severin about changing minds on prescriptivism. In the news: Bees can associate arbitrary...
01:05:40
Akimbo. Throes. Tizzy. Some words only appear in limited contexts. But what do they mean? The fascinating histories...
40:53
365: Difficult Words (with Jane Solomon)
Talking with lexicographer Jane Solomon about her book, The Dictionary of Difficult Words. News: Why the latest...
57:11
The questions never stop, and neither do we. What's the past tense of yeet, and why is English past tense so...
54:39
363: Talking Race (with Jessi Grieser)
What happens to language when newcomers move in? Language isn't just for communication — it also signals membership...
51:34
New research on gesture and mind. People handle inference about the same, whether verbal or gestural. When you see a...
53:05
361: Helping My Language Live - Language Activism (with Margaret Florey)
Imagine watching your language erode away. How would you help it to stay alive? What can one person do in the face...
56:10
Which words, phrases, and pronunciations are unique to your family? We often talk about languages, dialects, and...
42:50
They feel so right, but sound so wrong. They're false friends — pairs of words in different languages that seem...
41:32
Again we tackle the questions that others dast not. Why do all children know the 'nyah nyah' song? What is the...
44:46
357: The F-Word (with Jesse Sheidlower)
Daniel chats with lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower about profanity, power, and his book, "The F-Word". News: Meet Q,...
40:36
356: The The Show (with Nick Wilson)
Talking to Nick Wilson about the biggest small word in the English language: the. News: How the media reports about...
50:08
355: The Bee Show (with Stephen Mann)
Bees: not just great pollinators; great communicators. The dance of the European honeybee is one of the most famous...
01:04:09
Have you ever blanked on a word and said something else? It may not just be you. Some mild forms of anomia happen...
41:44
353: Mailbag of Highly Intelligent Listeners
Some smart questions from our Mailbag. Will there ever be one global language? What would it take for completely new...
43:21
352: Wait (with Sali Tagliamonte)
Dr Sali Tagliamonte tells us about her new research into the word 'wait'. You probably use it at the start of...
47:05
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