8 Episodes

  1. Can video games teach linguistics? | Bridging knowledge and gaming

    Published: 5/9/2025

  2. When does the day end and the night begin? | Talking about time in different languages

    Published: 4/25/2025

  3. Should we name prehistoric skeletons? | Creating names for archaeological human remains

    Published: 4/11/2025

  4. How difficult are comic strips and cartoons? | The language of comics

    Published: 3/28/2025

  5. How can we keep Holocaust survivors’ voices alive? | Creating an interactive digital testimony in English

    Published: 3/17/2025

  6. Does English have an infinite number of words for drunkenness? | Drunkonyms

    Published: 3/17/2025

  7. How has Star Wars changed the English language? | Words from a galaxy far, far away

    Published: 3/11/2025

  8. Welcome to Linguistics Behind the Scenes!

    Published: 3/3/2025

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This podcast is for everyone who enjoys or even loves language. Have you ever wondered why we speak or write like that? And how we can find out what is usual, "right" or "wrong" in language use? Then join linguistics professor Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer and linguistics enthusiast Dominic Piazza on a backstage tour of linguistic research as they engage in entertaining chats about all the many fun and interesting aspects of language. Visit our website: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast.php