Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
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Mar 31, 2020 • 44min
Sicko, Whacko, Weirdo
What's with that long o sound we stick on the ends of words like neato and, yes, fatso?
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Mar 17, 2020 • 50min
A Myth Surrounding Mandarin
Chinese has no grammar, right? Wrong!
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Mar 3, 2020 • 50min
From Uptalk to Vocal Fry
Women are the most prolific language innovators.
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Feb 18, 2020 • 44min
In What Order Did Languages Arrive in Europe?
Cutting edge research gives linguists new insight.
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Feb 4, 2020 • 42min
Digging Up the Past
It may be ancient history, but we need a way to talk about it.
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Jan 21, 2020 • 42min
Verbs on the Move
Like the boy said in that song: you come and go, you come and go. We all do.
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Jan 7, 2020 • 48min
Does Processes Rhyme With Knees?
Is our pretentiousness causing us to pronounce words wrong?
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Dec 24, 2019 • 48min
A Bisl Yiddish
Yiddish is the gefilte fish of Germanic languages.
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Dec 10, 2019 • 40min
Private Parts
How did cock come to mean a male chicken and a penis?
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Nov 26, 2019 • 46min
The Soft Power of Like
Words and phrases that are often dismissed as filler are actually conveying politeness.
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