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

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    • Apr 21, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Welcome New Listeners!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 1:01


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

    Why we do Second Language Acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 21:11


    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

    Why we do Pragmatics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 20:34


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/pragmatics

    Why we do Semantics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 19:16


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/semantics

    Why we do Language Acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 17:12


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/language-acquisition

    Why we do Psycholinguistics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 16:24


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/psycholinguistics

    Why we do Phonology

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 11:25


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/phonology

    Why we do Syntax

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 22:24


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/syntax

    Why we do Phonetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 16:43


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/phonetics

    Why we do Morphology

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 19:05


    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.orgFind the show notes and transcript at this link:https://sites.google.com/view/word-to-the-whys-podcast/home/morphology

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