How did bad come to mean good? Why is Shakespeare so hard to understand? Is there anything good about "like" and "you know?" Author and professor John McWhorter of Columbia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the unplanned ways that English speakers create English, an example of emergent order. Topics discussed include how words get short (but not too short), the demand for vividness in language, and why Shakespeare is so hard to understand.
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John McWhorter on the Evolution of Language and Words on the Move | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty
Tagged with words english russ roberts language linguistics
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Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? — podcast | News | The Guardian
For centuries, lexicographers have attempted to capture the entire English language. Technology might soon turn this dream into reality â—but will it spell the end for dictionaries?
Tagged with dictionary language technology internet english linguistics
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Steven Pinker on Music
The really big questions.
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Steven Pinker: “The Stuff of Thought” | Talks at Google
Steven Pinker is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on language and cognition and has authored ten books, including: The Language Instinct How the Mind Works The Blank Slate The Stuff of Thought The Better Angels of Our Nature and most recently, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century.
The Stuff of Thought full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBpetDxIEMU
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Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfFJ7R8pDs
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Deciphering the mysterious encyclopedia known as the Codex Seraphinianus | Public Radio International
This week, The World in Words podcast tries to figure out how an illegible book with no clear meaning became something of a classic.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-31/cracking-codex-seraphinianus
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Why we all need a little respect for the word ‘moist’ | Public Radio International
It works so hard, for so little recognition.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-11-27/why-we-all-need-little-respect-word-moist
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Things That Come Out of Your Mouth | Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Part two of our oral fixation: How to talk to your doctor, marine regurgitations, and texting. The panel:
Frank Delaney, novelist, podcast host, and “the world’s most eloquent man.” May or may not have had untoward interactions with a horse.
John McWhorter, Columbia University linguist and host of the Lexicon Valley podcast. Working on his 20th book.
Mehmet Oz, better known as Dr. Oz, Columbia professor of surgery and TV host; knows how to treat his own bee stings.
http://tmsidk.com/2016/11/things-that-come-out-of-your-mouth/
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Lexicographer Ben Zimmer on the etymology of taking something with a grain of salt.
A phrase with roots in Ancient Rome has confounded English speakers for centuries.
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield discuss the etymology and history of the phrase with a grain of salt with Wall Street Journal language columnist Ben Zimmer
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Science Goes to the Movies: ‘Arrival’ - Science Friday
Aliens have landed on Earth. Where do they come from, and what do they want? Finding the answer depends on the combined skills of linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner). In a story that spans the personal to the planetary, how much does Arrival get right? Xenolinguist Sheri Wells-Jensen and Doug Vakoch of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) International discuss.
Tagged with language linguistics science movies arrival extraterrestrials
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Episode 265: Universal Grammar 2 (featuring Dan Everett and Lynne Murphy) – Talk the Talk
The biggest idea in linguistics is back on the table.
Is there such a thing as the Universal Grammar? Do you have to have a human brain to learn language, or is learning a language just like learning anything else? And are one man’s insights into Amazonian languages sufficient to demolish this theoretical edifice?
Linguists Dan Everett and Lynne Murphy talk to Daniel, Ben, and Kylie on this episode of Talk the Talk.
Tagged with language linguistics universal grammar dan everett lynne murphy
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