Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

103 Episodes

1. 43: The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod

   Published: 4/17/2020
2. 42: What makes a language “easy”? It’s a hard question

   Published: 3/19/2020
3. 41: This time it gets tense - The grammar of time

   Published: 2/20/2020
4. 40: Making machines learn language - Interview with Janelle Shane

   Published: 1/17/2020
5. 39: How to rebalance a lopsided conversation

   Published: 12/19/2019
6. 38: Many ways to talk about many things - Plurals, duals and more

   Published: 11/21/2019
7. 37: Smell words, both real and invented

   Published: 10/17/2019
8. 36: Villages, gifs, and children: Researching signed languages in real-world contexts with Lynn Hou

   Published: 9/20/2019
9. 35: Putting sounds into syllables is like putting toppings on a burger

   Published: 8/16/2019
10. 34: Emoji are Gesture Because Internet

    Published: 7/18/2019
11. 33: Why spelling is hard — but also hard to change

    Published: 6/20/2019
12. 32: You heard about it but I was there - Evidentiality

    Published: 5/16/2019
13. 31: Pop culture in Cook Islands Māori - Interview with Ake Nicholas

    Published: 4/19/2019
14. 30: Why do we gesture when we talk?

    Published: 3/21/2019
15. 29: The verb is the coat rack that the rest of the sentence hangs on

    Published: 2/22/2019
16. 28: How languages influence each other - Hannah Gibson interview on Swahili, Rangi & Bantu languages

    Published: 1/18/2019
17. 27: Words for family relationships: Kinship terms

    Published: 12/20/2018
18. 26: Why do C and G come in hard and soft versions? Palatalization

    Published: 11/16/2018
19. 25: Every word is a real word

    Published: 10/18/2018
20. 24: Making books and tools speak Chatino - Interview with Hilaria Cruz

    Published: 9/20/2018