Interview with Wikitongues Director Daniel Bögre Udell
Today, we interview Wikitongues (https://wikitongues.org/) Director Daniel Bögre Udell! He talks about the origin of Wikitongues and its mission as well as discussing language rights all over the worl...
21 Syys 20201h 3min
Slavic Language Cousins
Cara and Ed tackle the Slavic Language Family with an emphasis on the Russian Language, from its Old Church Slavonic roots to the modern languages of Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Serbo-croatian, Slovak ...
18 Elo 20201h 3min
New Kings of the World Book Discussion - Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop
Cara and Ed along with special guest, Emily Wheeler of Film Inquiry, discuss New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto to talk about Bollywood, Dizi, K-Pop, and the shifting of soft power from America t...
25 Heinä 20201h 18min
Language and Identity in South Sudan
In episode 7, Cara and Ed discuss the value of an official language in the modern nation state, how language influences identity and what the language situation is in South Sudan, from Juba Arabic to ...
10 Heinä 202049min
Emoji as Lingua Franca
Cara and Ed gather on this minisode to celebrate a huge milestone for the podcast: 500 downloads! We discuss the research of Gretchen McCulloch about emojis as language and a little bit about the expe...
18 Kesä 202023min
A Death in the Rainforest Book Discussion
In Episode 5, Cara and Ed, along with guest Jen, discuss A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea by Don Kulick. We discuss the death of the Tayap...
11 Kesä 20201h 8min
Hebrew Language Revitalization
Cara and Ed gather to discuss the only truly revitalized language, Hebrew. From its 3000 BC roots to modern day, the language had been on a rollercoaster. We discuss how it's been influenced by Arabic...
22 Touko 202039min
Language Death and Destruction
Ed and Cara discuss what is Language Death. With a language dying about every two weeks, preserving and recording these languages is of the utmost importance. We discuss different ways languages die (...
6 Touko 202040min
