103 Épisodes

  1. 43: The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod

    Publié: 17/04/2020

  2. 42: What makes a language “easy”? It’s a hard question

    Publié: 19/03/2020

  3. 41: This time it gets tense - The grammar of time

    Publié: 20/02/2020

  4. 40: Making machines learn language - Interview with Janelle Shane

    Publié: 17/01/2020

  5. 39: How to rebalance a lopsided conversation

    Publié: 19/12/2019

  6. 38: Many ways to talk about many things - Plurals, duals and more

    Publié: 21/11/2019

  7. 37: Smell words, both real and invented

    Publié: 17/10/2019

  8. 36: Villages, gifs, and children: Researching signed languages in real-world contexts with Lynn Hou

    Publié: 20/09/2019

  9. 35: Putting sounds into syllables is like putting toppings on a burger

    Publié: 16/08/2019

  10. 34: Emoji are Gesture Because Internet

    Publié: 18/07/2019

  11. 33: Why spelling is hard — but also hard to change

    Publié: 20/06/2019

  12. 32: You heard about it but I was there - Evidentiality

    Publié: 16/05/2019

  13. 31: Pop culture in Cook Islands Māori - Interview with Ake Nicholas

    Publié: 19/04/2019

  14. 30: Why do we gesture when we talk?

    Publié: 21/03/2019

  15. 29: The verb is the coat rack that the rest of the sentence hangs on

    Publié: 22/02/2019

  16. 28: How languages influence each other - Hannah Gibson interview on Swahili, Rangi & Bantu languages

    Publié: 18/01/2019

  17. 27: Words for family relationships: Kinship terms

    Publié: 20/12/2018

  18. 26: Why do C and G come in hard and soft versions? Palatalization

    Publié: 16/11/2018

  19. 25: Every word is a real word

    Publié: 18/10/2018

  20. 24: Making books and tools speak Chatino - Interview with Hilaria Cruz

    Publié: 20/09/2018

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