Category: the Simpsons

317: With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility (featuring Seán Roberts)

13 March 2018 / / Comments Off on 317: With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility (featuring Seán Roberts)

That study about language looks interesting. Can you trust the results?

Lots of researchers are using big data to discover amazing things about language. But big data can bring big trouble if researchers don’t look out for some common traps. …

246: Yiddish (featuring Ben Zimmer)

17 May 2016 / / Comments Off on 246: Yiddish (featuring Ben Zimmer)

Do you know from Yiddish?

A controversial new hypothesis has surfaced about its origins, but does it stand up to the data? And are you using Yiddish words without even knowing it?

Daniel Midgley speaks with lexicographer Ben Zimmer on …

239: Animal Syntax

29 March 2016 / / Comments Off on 239: Animal Syntax

Other animals don’t have language like we do, but some of them might be getting awfully close.

A recent experiment claims that some birds use a form of syntax — that they combine their signals in a way that’s always …

230: End-of-Year Wrap-Up

15 December 2015 / / Comments Off on 230: End-of-Year Wrap-Up

It’s the last show of the year, and we’ve got Daniel, Ben, and Kylie live in the studio.

We’re discussing everything from punctuation in texting, to YouTube voice. And we unveil our Word of the Year.

All on this episode …

142: Yeah No

5 November 2013 / / Comments Off on 142: Yeah No

Yes and no.

You use these words all the time, but how often do you think about them? They’re not nouns, they’re not verbs, so what are they? Why do we nod our heads yes and shake our heads …

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