Episode 13: A-blade-ive
Wherein we shove things away (with knives). Jump right to: 0:37 Is there a word in some language for “responding to the literal words and not the subtext of a request? 4:22 Response question from Spo...
6 Okt 202452min
Episode 12: Dead Language Power
Wherein we are not warful. Jump right to: 3:36 A slight correction about the etymology of “magic” 5:55 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Verb voice, aka diathesis 23:01 Question 1: I [once] initially use...
3 Sep 20241h 6min
Episode 11: The Axiom of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wherein we are not already in textbooks. Jump right to: 2:25 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Ergativity 25:50 Some people would say “historic moment” or “electric field”; others seem to say “histori...
30 Juli 20241h 11min
Episode 10: Voiceless Alvie
Wherein we finally post this collection of tangents in a trenchcoat. Jump right to: 15:09 Sneaky Question 0: As my high school-aged daughter starts to look towards college, she wants to learn more ...
27 Juni 20241h 23min
Episode 9: You Can't Live A Dangerous Banana
Wherein we finish the podcast in under four hours! Jump right to: 5:43 Language Thing Of The Day: Transitivity 34:55 Question 1: Are accents predictable? That is, there are specific accents people ha...
27 Apr 20241h 16min
Episode 8: No Linguist Can Afford That House
Wherein we KISS-FIST linguistics. Jump right to: 3:15 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Garden path sentences 25:05 How do [in/formal] registers change over time; do they stairstep as we invent new inf...
22 Mars 20241h 20min
Episode 7: The Fax Machine of Gondor
Wherein we spin a shitpost question into linguistics gold. Jump right to: 0:58 Mailbag; revisiting our treatment of linguistic typology 12:14 Language Thing of the Day: The Comparative Method 32:3...
10 Dec 20231h 11min
Episode 6: Hamburger. Hamburger? Hamburger!
Wherein we find an excuse to recommend a bunch of music to you.Jump right to:2:26 Language Thing of the Day: Filler words14:17 Question 1: How did we get nicknames that don't seem to make sense? Like ...
11 Nov 20231h 12min
