Where’s the language in your brain? Researchers have constructed a kind of brain atlas, showing the patterns of neural activation when we hear words.
And Klingon is at the centre of a legal battle. Can a language be under copyright — even if it’s a constructed one?
David J. Peterson, language creator for Game of Thrones, talks to Daniel, Kylie, and Ben on this episode of Talk the Talk.
Listen to this episode
You can listen to all the episodes of Talk the Talk by pasting this URL into your podlistener.
http://danielmidgley.com/talkthetalk/talk_classic.xmlPromo
Full interview
Here’s Daniel, Ben, and Kylie talking to David J. Peterson, creator of the Game of Thrones conlang Dothraki.
And what happened after we hung up.
Cutting Room Floor
Daniel spills the beans on the special interview guest for this episode. We talk about Esperanto, and explore the storytelling roles that members of a podcast take on.
Patreon supporters
We’d like to thank our patrons Whitney and Matt. They’re our early adopters, and we’re most grateful.
We’re Because Language now, and you can become a Patreon supporter!
Depending on your level, you can get bonus episodes, mailouts, shoutouts, come to live episodes, and of course have membership in our Discord community.
Show notes
Language Creation Society press release
http://conlang.org/axanar/
The amicus brief (PDF)
https://popehat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/035-1-Brief-of-Amicus-Curiae.pdf
Brief aims to convince court that Klingon’s a real language – in Klingon
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article74873867.html
Star Trek’s Klingon Language Is At The Center Of A Bizarre Legal Fight
http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/klingon-lawsuit/
KlingonWiki: Axanar Lawsuit
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/AxanarLawsuit
Speech means using both sides of brain
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140115132635.htm
Dogs Process Speech the Same Way as Humans
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dogs-process-speech-the-same-way-as-humans
A brand new ‘atlas’ shows where different ideas live in our brains
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/04/28/a-brand-new-atlas-shows-where-different-ideas-live-in-our-brains/
Neuroscientists create ‘atlas’ showing how words are organised in the brain
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/27/brain-atlas-showing-how-words-are-organised-neuroscience
This giant ‘brain dictionary’ reveals where your mind stores thousands of words
http://www.sciencealert.com/this-giant-brain-dictionary-reveals-where-your-mind-stores-thousands-of-words
Brain’s ‘thesaurus’ mapped to help decode inner thoughts
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoc–bm042616.php
What Is Biohacking?
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/what-is-biohacking/
Body-hackers: the people who turn themselves into cyborgs
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2015/aug/14/body-hackers-the-people-who-turn-themselves-into-cyborgs
Bodyhackers are all around you, they’re called women
http://fusion.net/story/294770/women-body-hackers/
Image credit: https://youtu.be/k61nJkx5aDQ
Transcript
We’re working our way back through the archives. If you think we should prioritise a transcript of this episode, let us know!
