A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. "A fascinati
This is our hundredth episode that's enthusiastic about linguistics! To celebrate, we've put togethe
If it wouldn't be too much trouble, if you have a spare half hour, could we possibly suggest that yo
When a human learns a new word, we're learning to attach that word to a set of concepts in the real
Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog... In this episode, your hosts Gretchen
We're taking you on a journey to new linguistic destinations, so come along for the ride and don't f
Imagine you're in a field with someone whose language you don't speak. A rabbit scurries by. The oth
When we're talking about an activity -- say, throwing teacups in a lake -- we often want to know no
There are many ways that people perform gender, from clothing and hairstyle to how we talk or carry
Sometimes two words are smooshed together in a single act of creativity to fill a lexical gap, like
When you order a kebab and they ask you if you want everything on it, you might say yes. But you'd p
On Lingthusiasm, we've sometimes compared the human vocal tract to a giant meat clarinet, like the v
For tens of thousands of years, humans have transmitted long and intricate stories to each other, wh
It's easy to find claims that certain languages are old or even the oldest, but which one is actuall
Language lets us talk about things that aren't, strictly speaking, entirely real. Sometimes that's a
Basque is a language of Europe which is unrelated to the Indo-European languages around it or any ot
When you have a sentence like "I visit them", the word order and the shape of the words tell you tha
Pointing creates an invisible line between a part of your body and the thing you're pointing at. Hum
Young kids growing up in Guatemala often learn Q’anjob’al, Kaq’chikel, or another Mayan language fro
Linguists are often interested in comparing several languages or dialects. To make this easier, it’s
In the sentence “the horse has eaten an apple”, what is the word “has” doing? It’s not expressing ow
