What Is a Dictionary, Really?
A conversation with John Simpson, former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about you...
20 Sep 201626min
The Invisible Language of Nursery Rhymes
What does Hickory Dickory Dock really mean? X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
6 Sep 201625min
Word Sex
Where do new words come from? Often old words. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
23 Aug 201637min
Should Shakespeare Get a Modern English Makeover?
A conversation with Jack Lynch, author of Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite:...
8 Aug 201646min
Are Emoji a Language?
A conversation with Gretchen McCulloch on the big meaning behind our favorite little pictograms. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn...
26 Jul 201640min
Finding Life in a Dead Language
A conversation with Ann Patty, author of Living With a Dead Language, about her transformative experience learning Latin. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudio...
12 Jul 201628min
Rules Are Made to Be Spoken
A conversation with Sali Tagliamonte, author of Making Waves: The Story of Variationist Sociolinguistics. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconVal...
29 Jun 201632min
Should We Make English Spelling Easier?
A conversation with etymologist Anatoly Liberman, author of Word Origins and How We Know Them. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn m...
14 Jun 201628min
