What happens when you take a language and put it on an island?
That’s what’s happened on Palmerston Island, one of the most isolated places on earth. And one linguist, Dr Rachel Hendery, has learned some fascinating things about …
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Metaphors are powerful. But what happens when you mix them?
Will you come out looking like a rose? Or will you be opening Pandora’s box of worms?
We’re talking to Dr Kari Sullivan, author of a new book about …
Why does language have the form it does, and why does it change the way it does?
Is it just… because? Or are there environmental motivators? Linguists are getting interested in just what factors are forming language into what it …
Language is creative! Language is anarchic.
And language refuses to be tamed. But its indomitability may be the key to its power.
A new book by Lane Greene will give language sticklers something to think about. Lane joins us on this …
Language is full of strange coincidences.
When two words sound alike, does that mean they have a secret past? Or could it be just a chance meeting? The answer could change language history.
We’re stepping into the linguistic time machine on this …
There are some things so nice we say them twice. And when we do, we’re using reduplication.
But this handy device can handle a surprising range of functions in the world’s languages, and it can pop up in the …
We are once again diving into our voluminous mailbag.
Was the QWERTY layout designed to slow you down? Is English a creole language? Why does a word keep popping up over and over after you first hear it? And what is …
What’s behind swearing?
If you’re looking at the brain, an awful lot. But how do we use swearing to navigate social relationships? And do all language have swears?
We’re talking to cognitive scientist Benjamin Bergen on this episode of Talk the Talk.…
Do you know where your data is?
Language researchers can learn a lot from publicly available internet data. But what are the ethical issues surrounding the collection and use of this information? What about data that comes from home assistants? Does it …
Kory Stamper and Steve Kleinedler are lexicographers who ran the terrific dictionary podcast Fiat Lex.
Daniel and Kylie had the chance to talk to them about how they got into the biz, the relationship between lexicography and linguistics, and …
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