Episode 5: Anthony Grant, part 1, on Lexicostatistics Today
On this week’s episode, we interview Dr. Anthony Grant of Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire, in the UK. This episode discusses one aspect of language diversity around the world: the methodo...
4 Feb 20211h 3min
Episode 4: Judie Maxwell, part 3, on Language Rights and Revitalization
In this episode, we finish the conversation with Judie Maxwell of Tulane University. Topics include: how languages encode human knowledge and worldviews; the autonomy of a language community to choose...
28 Jan 202135min
Episode 3: Judie Maxwell, part 2, on Language Death and Vitality
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Judie Maxwell of Tulane University. We start by talking about "the language split by a river" in Guatemala, and then we explore how languages dwindle...
21 Jan 202135min
Episode 2: Judie Maxwell, part 1, on Language Diversity
In this episode, we talk to our own professor Judith M. Maxwell of Tulane University about language diversity. Because the purpose of the podcast is to discuss the languages of the world, the first fe...
14 Jan 202136min
Episode 1: Introduction to the podcast
In this inaugural episode, we introduce ourselves and the podcast! We discuss our passions for language, how we got into Linguistics, and all that jazz. We then talk about what to expect from the podc...
9 Jan 202116min
