Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
Episodes
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Jul 9, 2012 • 21min
Our Dying Words
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what we lose when a language goes extinct.
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Jul 2, 2012 • 30min
Then Is Now, Now and Then
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the historical present.
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Jun 18, 2012 • 30min
By Their Words You Shall Know Them
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss stylometry.
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Jun 11, 2012 • 38min
Capturing the Past
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss how Mad Men and Downton Abbey can teach us about language change.
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Jun 4, 2012 • 30min
The Eloquence of Plain English
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the Gettysburg Address.
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May 27, 2012 • 26min
When Being Done Replaced Doing
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the most significant change to the English language that you've never heard of.
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May 14, 2012 • 37min
One Giant Leap for Humanity
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the he said/she said of the epicene pronoun.
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May 7, 2012 • 30min
And May He Be a Masculine Bridge
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss how a simple quirk of grammar may affect the way we think.
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Apr 30, 2012 • 28min
When Nouns Grew Genitals
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what it means for language to have gender.
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Apr 23, 2012 • 28min
A Needle Pulling Thread
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the big ambitions of the word "so."
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