Because Language

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Because Language

@becauselangpod

A show about linguistics, the science of language. Your hosts (in order of coolness): Hedvig Skirgård, Daniel Midgley, and Ben Ainslie (tie for 2nd).

Perth, Australia Katılım Haziran 2014

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Because Language@becauselangpod·2d

Good news for #Gaeilge: people are using it for normal fun human stuff! It's not just a duty. Laura Pakenham breaks it down for us. Laura is the author of "Irish: History and Culture Through Language", available from @simonschuster @adamsmedia Full ep: becauselanguage.com/138-pop-up-gae…

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Because Language@becauselangpod·3 May

New ep: What's going on in our minds when we make sentences? Are we constructing trees? Or do we think of words sequentially? We're climbing down from the trees with @MH_Christiansen and @YngwieNielsen. Video (recommended): patreon.com/posts/video-13… Audio: patreon.com/posts/audio-13…

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CUP Linguistics@CambUP_LangLing·28 Nis

Understanding Language through Humor by Stanley Dubinsky Now in its second edition, this book is a thoroughly entertaining, but serious and comprehensive, introduction to linguistics. 📚 cup.org/492yknp

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Because Language@becauselangpod·27 Nis

How can climate refugees hold onto their language? Dr Mary Walworth of @CNRS explains that language is a cultural anchor. She's on our latest episode. becauselanguage.com/136-these-lang… @NatGeo @NatGeoTV #PoleToPole

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Because Language@becauselangpod·27 Nis

People on the island of Enusi weren't just glad to get a visit from Will Smith — they were also keen on meeting linguist Mary Walworth. We're glad to see her too, as a guest on this episode. becauselanguage.com/136-these-lang… Find it on your pod listener. @NatGeo @NatGeoTV #PoleToPole

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Because Language@becauselangpod·25 Nis

Bean soup theory #WordOfTheWeek

Klara@klara_sjo

Can I have an explanation of this phenomenon without using bean soup as an example? I don't like bean soup.

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Because Language@becauselangpod·24 Nis

Coming very soon — a live episode with television presenter @laurajpakenham about Irish. All patrons free and paid are welcome. Details here, so click through and sign up! @simonschuster patreon.com/posts/live-sho…

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Because Language@becauselangpod·19 Nis

@Stallinguist Great insight. I hadn't realised, but in the COCA corpus, SHERD is always in publications about archaeology; SHARD elsewhere. Looks like they were both around in Old English, but they settled into different zones. The AR/ER thing seems to be a bit later. But maybe same thing?

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Dunkin' on Centrists 🏀🏹@Stallinguist·18 Nis

@becauselangpod Does this account for archeologists using "sherds" for what non-archaeologists generally call "shards"?

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Because Language@becauselangpod·13 Nis

Yep, VARSITY is a short version of UNIVERSITY! And it’s a neat example of the ER/AR variation common at the time. Even today, you can hear “derby” and “darby” in different places. Also “clerk” and “clark”. Don’t forget SERGEANT, which sounds like “ar”.

once and future wife geist@wife_geist

wait is “varsity” short for “uni-varsity”? because if so fuck off

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Because Language@becauselangpod·18 Nis

Why does this ungrammatical sentence sound fine? When your grammar says one thing, but your feels say another, you may have found a ✨linguistic illusion✨. Dan Parker, author of "Agreement Attraction". Available now from @CambridgeUP Listen/watch: becauselanguage.com/135-linguistic…

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Because Language@becauselangpod·16 Nis

Linguists and language people! Do a post about your latest research. Then we can find it and maybe feature it on the show. We are looking for your work! ❤️

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Because Language@becauselangpod·16 Nis

This is also your weekly reminder that Trent Reznor backwards is Ron Zertnert.

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Because Language@becauselangpod·16 Nis

If you understood this, congratulations! You have been following our Words of the Week. (We are so NIИ-pilled, we use Cyrillic letters.)

rat king 🐀@MikeIsaac

is it just my algo or has everyone become NIN-pilled after coachella as a middle-aged man whose wardrobe palette is 99 percent monochromatic...am i no longer chopped

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Because Language@becauselangpod·13 Nis

@u50pp Are… are you spitting bars right now?

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champoreau poetry@u50pp·13 Nis

@becauselangpod I do remember her favorite word was earthquake because it tasted like strawberry milkshake

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Because Language@becauselangpod·13 Nis

file under: metaphor, synaesthesia

picardie aurora@picardie_aurora

[ in a world where we intuit that numbers are soft and not crunchy ] lemme just smoosh the numbers real quick

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Because Language@becauselangpod·13 Nis

@u50pp Gosh

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champoreau poetry@u50pp·13 Nis

@becauselangpod read a Reddit thread recently in which a woman described herself as having lexical gustatory synesthesia she could taste virtually every word in the English language besides names and some curses

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Because Language@becauselangpod·8 Nis

Bean Soup Theory is one of our Words of the Week, thanks to @Laserhedvig! This episode: becauselanguage.com/130-back-to-th…

Vivian@suchnerve

Bean Soup Theory is perhaps the most relevant sociological analysis of the 2020s and I’m not joking

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Because Language@becauselangpod·5 Nis

How many of each kind of animal did Moses bring on the Ark? Dan Parker brings us a ✨linguistic illusion✨. From our latest episode, which you can watch or listen to in all the places. becauselanguage.com/135-linguistic…

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Because Language@becauselangpod·4 Nis

French overtakes Arabic for fourth place! 🤔 Maybe. What kind of French do you like? It's in our new episode with Dan Parker! becauselanguage.com

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Because Language@becauselangpod·15 Mar

Indigo is a scam. There, I said it. What's your spicy take on colour? Listen to our episode with Kory Stamper, author of "True Color" becauselanguage.com/134-true-colou… @AAKnopf

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@simonschuster @adamsmedia @MH_Christiansen @YngwieNielsen @CNRS @NatGeo @NatGeoTV @laurajpakenham