Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
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May 25, 2021 • 38min
The Languages of Southeast Asia
Are Vietnamese, Thai and others of that region a lot like Mandarin?
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May 11, 2021 • 39min
Irregardless Make You Cringe?
Some other words that perhaps should bother you but probably don't.
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Apr 27, 2021 • 39min
Nine Nasty Words
English in the gutter: then, now and forever.
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Apr 13, 2021 • 43min
The Invisible Complexities of Translation
Examining the nuances of translation through the single word self.
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Mar 30, 2021 • 42min
English Is Plain Weird
There's nothing run-of-the-mill about this language called English.
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Mar 16, 2021 • 41min
Subject-Verb-Object, Right?
Our way of putting together sentences is far from universal.
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Mar 2, 2021 • 42min
Parting Company
How did a word that literally means with bread come to sprout it corporate connotations?
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Feb 16, 2021 • 44min
Wallowing in Negativity
When a simple no will not suffice.
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Feb 2, 2021 • 44min
Fossil Hunting in English
Knowing where to dig is the key to uncovering our linguistic past.
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Jan 19, 2021 • 54min
Why Do Languages Have Gender?
Why do so many languages divvy up nouns into seemingly arbitrary categories?
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