Word to the Whys

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The podcast where linguists talk about why we do linguistics. A companion to any Intro Linguistics course.

Épisodes

  1. 21/04/2021

    Welcome New Listeners!

    A brief welcome to our new listeners. Find the transcript here: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/Welcome

    1 min

  2. 06/04/2021

    Why we do Second Language Acquisition

    Meg Grant talks to Félix Desmeules-Trudel about why we do Language Acquisition, and why everybody has an accent! Find the transcript here: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/second-language-acquisition

    21 min

  3. 20/11/2020

    Why we do Pragmatics

    Meg Grant talks to Nancy Hedberg about why and how we do Pragmatics, and the real meaning of "Black Lives Matter"! Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/pragmatics

    21 min

  4. 16/11/2020

    Why we do Semantics

    Julie Doner talks to Ai Taniguchi about why we do Semantics, and why linguists are more interested in words like "every" than whether cereal is soup! Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/semantics

    19 min

  5. 05/10/2020

    Why we do Language Acquisition

    Nathan Sanders talks to Catherine Anderson about what babies & children know about language, and how we can tell what they know! Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/language-acquisition

    17 min

  6. 01/10/2020

    Why we do Psycholinguistics

    Catherine Anderson talks to Meg Grant about why and how we do Psycholinguistics, whether we even need psycholinguistics in a world with neural imaging, and why your prof might mention vegetables in stats class! Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/psycholinguistics

    16 min

  7. 28/09/2020

    Why we do Phonology

    Daniel Currie Hall and Tim Mills talk about what's interesting about Phonology. Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/phonology

    11 min

  8. 24/09/2020

    Why we do Syntax

    Tim Mills talks to Julie Doner about why and how we do Syntax, whether grammar might be in human DNA, and whether there's a single "right" model of syntax. Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/syntax

    22 min

  9. 08/09/2020

    Why we do Phonetics

    Meg Grant talks to Nathan Sanders about why we do Phonetics, and how signed languages have phonetics even though they don't have sound! Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/phonetics

    17 min

  10. 08/09/2020

    Why we do Morphology

    Bronwyn Bjorkman and Catherine Anderson talk about what's interesting about Morphology, and why it's hard to figure out the past participle for "dive". Intro and Outro music is "Alien Language" by Podington Bear on freemusicarchive.org Find the show notes and transcript at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/morphology

    19 min
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À propos

The podcast where linguists talk about why we do linguistics. A companion to any Intro Linguistics course.

Informations

  • Création
    TILCoP Canada
  • Années d’activité
    2020 - 2021
  • Épisodes
    10
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Copyright
    © Copyright TILCoP Canada
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