Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 226:38:03
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Lexicon Valley is a show about language, from pet peeves, syntax, and etymology to neurolinguistics and the death of languages. Hosted by linguist John McWhorter.

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  • In the Negative

    In the Negative
    25/07/2017 Duration: 32min

    John McWhorter on the history and evolution of no and not. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Why Do Languages Have Contractions?

    Why Do Languages Have Contractions?
    11/07/2017 Duration: 36min

    John McWhorter explains why we love shrinkage. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • The Incredible Lightness of Being

    The Incredible Lightness of Being
    27/06/2017 Duration: 29min

    John McWhorter considers the eccentric irregularity of the verb to be. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Is There a Jewish Way of Talking?

    Is There a Jewish Way of Talking?
    13/06/2017 Duration: 38min

    John McWhorter interrupts the hosts of Unorthodox to discuss hallmarks and stereotypes of Jewish communication style. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Mining Graffiti for Slang

    Mining Graffiti for Slang
    30/05/2017 Duration: 32min

    John McWhorter talks to Ben Zimmer about the Vietnam Graffiti Project and other slangy topics. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Thats Not a Word, Is It?

    That's Not a Word, Is It?
    16/05/2017 Duration: 31min

    John McWhorter discusses the near-futile impulse to determine what is, and what is not, a word. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • The Language of Female Friendships

    The Language of Female Friendships
    02/05/2017 Duration: 36min

    John McWhorter discusses communication styles with linguist Deborah Tannen, author of You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • The Euphemism Treadmill

    The Euphemism Treadmill
    18/04/2017 Duration: 28min

    John McWhorter on the evolution from "crippled" to "handicapped" to "differently abled" and why no such term is likely to stick around long. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Heyo, Lets Talk About Hamilton

    Heyo, Let's Talk About Hamilton
    04/04/2017 Duration: 31min

    John McWhorter talks to linguist Neal Whitman about the mash-up of hey and yo. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Earlier American English—More Profane, Parochial and Provincial

    Earlier American English—More Profane, Parochial and Provincial
    21/03/2017 Duration: 32min

    John McWhorter time travels to 1930 and eavesdrops on American English. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Like, Why Do We Use Like So Much?

    Like, Why Do We Use Like So Much?
    07/02/2017 Duration: 35min

    John McWhorter talks to sociolinguist Alexandra D'Arcy about the spike in our use of like. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • What Had Happened Was Storytelling

    What Had Happened Was Storytelling
    24/01/2017 Duration: 33min

    John McWhorter discusses the subject of his new book, Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read

    Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read
    10/01/2017 Duration: 33min

    Mark Seidenberg, author of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It, discusses the fallout from the so-called reading wars. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Away in a Penthouse, the Little Lord Jesus

    Away in a Penthouse, the Little Lord Jesus
    27/12/2016 Duration: 28min

    When hath gave way to has, the original meaning of merry, and other insights from popular Christmas carols. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • What The Wizard of Oz Can Tell Us About Arrival

    What "The Wizard of Oz" Can Tell Us About "Arrival"
    13/12/2016 Duration: 30min

    In Arrival, Amy Adams plays a linguist who discovers that language can radically alter one's perception of reality. But is that true? Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Black Like Us

    Black Like Us
    29/11/2016 Duration: 37min

    Are the slang, sounds, and syntax of Black English a kind of lingua franca for America's youth?   Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Language Lessons of Past Presidents

    Language Lessons of Past Presidents
    15/11/2016 Duration: 32min

    What can we learn about English from Bill Clinton, the two Bushes, and other leaders of the free world?   Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Whither Didst Thou Go?

    Whither Didst Thou Go?
    01/11/2016 Duration: 36min

    How our rich and complex system of second person pronouns got whittled down to just "you."   Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Why Do People Talk Like That in Old Movies?

    Why Do People Talk Like That in Old Movies?
    18/10/2016 Duration: 34min

    What Bette Davis, FDR, and Ralph Kramden have in common when it comes to speech. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.

    Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.
    04/10/2016 Duration: 29min

    John McWhorter on what the intricacies of the future tense tell us about the unwritten rules of pronouns. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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