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52: The Language Game (with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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The Importance of Language Change

Dictionaries try to reflect societal change. They change the definitions of words. People get irritated by the language and the dictionaries, Daniel says. But maybe also in these discussions, I wish people would interview like sociologist or historians that can talk more to the societal change because linguists were very smart about language.

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