Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley

Society EN ↓ 326 Folgen

A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.

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Lexicon Valley

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Society

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Neueste Folge

27. Okt 2026

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There Are Two N-Words 09.01.2018

One of English's worst epithets has split in two. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Thing Is Is 27.12.2017

Doubling up on the verb is, an explanation. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Accidental Sanctity 12.12.2017

Biblical scholar Mark Ward discusses his forthcoming book, Authorized. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanksgiving Misnomers 28.11.2017

A holiday feast! X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes Just Because 14.11.2017

Much of language is merely a roll of the dice. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Against Strunk and White 31.10.2017

It’s time to permanently shelve The Elements of Style. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whence Baby Mama? 17.10.2017

Opening the listener mailbox. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Este No Es Parqueo 03.10.2017

A brief ode to Spanish. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Pidgins to Creoles 19.09.2017

On the birth of a new language. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do Languages Simplify Over Time? 05.09.2017

Old English was more complicated in many ways than the English we speak today. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Cavebabies Say Mama and Papa? 22.08.2017

Cultures across the world have similar words for mom and dad. How is that possible? X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Life for Dying Languages 08.08.2017

A conversation with Wil Meya of The Language Conservancy. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Negatory! A Brief History of No. 25.07.2017

On the history and evolution of no and not. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Do Languages Have Contractions? 11.07.2017

The economy and informality of contracting speech. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Incredible Lightness of Being 27.06.2017

On the enduring unusualness of the verb to be. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is There a Jewish Way of Talking? 13.06.2017

A high-involvement conversation with the hosts of the Unorthodox podcast. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mining Graffiti for Slang 30.05.2017

A conversation with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't Tell Me Reune Is Not a Word 16.05.2017

On the near-futile impulse to determine what is, and what is not, a word. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Language of Female Friendships 02.05.2017

A conversation with linguist Deborah Tannen. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Euphemism Treadmill 18.04.2017

Why euphemisms tend not to stick around very long. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heyo, Let's Talk About Hamilton 04.04.2017

A conversation with linguist Neal Whitman. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Did Americans Talk a Hundred Years Ago? 21.03.2017

John McWhorter time travels to 1930 to eavesdrop on American English. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like, Why Do We Use Like So Much? 07.02.2017

A conversation with sociolinguist Alexandra D’Arcy X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Had Happened Was Storytelling 24.01.2017

John McWhorter discusses his new book, Talking Back, Talking Black. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read 10.01.2017

A conversation with Mark Seidenberg, author of Language at the Speed of Sight. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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