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Bonus 11: We are all linguistic geniuses - Communicating linguistics interview with Daniel Midgley of Talk the Talk

We're excited to be part of the broader linguistics podcast community and bring you behind the scenes on other shows!  

In this interview, Lauren sat down with Daniel Midgley of the Talk...

15: Talking and thinking about time

When we talk about things that languages have in common, we often talk about the physical side, the fact that languages are produced by human bodies, using the same brain and hands and vocal tract. Bu...

Exciting future goal planning!

First things first: YAaaaaayyyyyYYYyyy!!! Less than a year after starting the podcast, we not only have a Patreon model that is sustainable, but you now get a full-length bonus episode every month fro...

Bonus 10: Liveshow Q and eh

This episode is the Q&A session recorded after the Discourse markers liveshow. We fielded question...

14: Getting into, up for, and down with prepositions

Are you up for some prepositions? You might think you’re over prepositions, but have you ever really looked into them, or have you just gone by them? Other parts of speech notwithstanding, prepositi...

Wear your linguistics fandom on your sleeve (Sneak peek!)

By popular demand, we now have Lingthusiasm merch! We're soft-launching the merch here on Patreon because we wanted you all to be the first to know, and it'll be released to the internet at large in t...

Lingthusiasm anniversary episode in November - Recommend, Review and Relisten!

November is the 1-year anniversary episode of Lingthusiasm! To celebrate a whole year of enthusiastic linguistics podcasting, we’re aiming to hit another milestone at the same time: 100,000 lis...

Bonus 9: Is X a sandwich? Solving the word-meaning argument once and for all

We asked you if a burrito was a sandwich, and you said 'no'. We asked you if ravioli was a sandwich and you said 'heck no'. We asked you if an ice cream sandwich was a sandwich and things...started...

13: What Does it Mean to Sound Black? Intonation and Identity Interview with Nicole Holliday

If you grow up with multiple accents to choose from, what does the  one you choose say about your identity? How can linguistics unpick our  hidden assumptions about what “sounds angry” o...

Bonus 9 poll - Is X a sandwich?

Is a hotdog a sandwich? What about pizza? What about a taco? What even is a sandwich? 

Wait, but is cereal soup? Is a bench a chair?? Is a cup a bowl??? 

AHHH HOW DOES MEANING WORK??...

Bonus 8: So, like, what’s up with, um, discourse markers? Hark, a liveshow!

There are all these little words and phrases that we use all the time - y'know, anyway, okay, right, so, however, I mean, uh, and then... They aren't strictly necessary, and yet our speech would fe...

12: Sounds you can’t hear - Babies, accents, and phonemes

Why does it always sound slightly off when someone tries  to imitate your accent? Why do tiny children learning your second  language already sound better than you, even though you�...

Impromptu Montreal liveshow!

Later this month Lauren will be travelling to Montreal for a conference, and it just so happens that Montreal is where Gretchen lives! We decided that we couldn't resist this rare occasion for both of...

Bonus 7: DIY Linguistic Research

What's the etymology of this word? When did people start using that thing? How is this new slang term used? 

Answering common linguistic questions is often a matter of where to look. In ...

What kinds of Lingthusiasm merch would you be interested in?

Our next bonus episode is going to be about doing linguistic research, especially when you're just getting started, not at a university, or don't have a huge budget. It was a tie with the previous top...

11: Layers of meaning - Cooperation, humour, and Gricean Maxims

– Would you like some coffee? 
– Coffee would keep me awake. 

Does  that mean yes coffee, or no coffee? It depends! Is it the morning or  the evening? Is the person trying...

Bonus 6: Language Play

You've probably heard of Pig Latin, or ig-Pay atin-Lay, where you bring the initial consonants to the end of the word and add -ay. But what about the inverse, where you bring the final consonants t...

It's a tie! Thanks for voting to select bonus 6... and 7!

The recent poll was so close that we've decided that bonus 6 will be about language games, and episode 7 will be about linguistic research ideas. 

Don't worry, we know you like the chance to vo...

Bonus 6 - what do you want to hear?

Which topic, suggested by your fellow patrons, would you like to hear for lingthusiasm bonus 6? 

10: Learning languages linguistically

Some linguists work with multiple languages, while others focus on just one. But for many people, learning a language after early childhood is the thing that first gets them curious about how language...

Bonus 5: Hypercorrection

Is it "you and me" or "you and I"? Does "octopus" pluralize as "octopuses", "octopi" or "octopodes? If you're ordering a nice bottle of champagne, how do you say Moët? And what does that say about...

New recorder in the wild!

The new recorder is here, thanks to all you lovely patrons, so we thought we'd let you get the first glimpse of it in its, er, natural habitat! 

(Don't worry, it was returned to its protective ...

9: The bridge between words and sentences - Constituency

 How do we get from knowing words to making brand-new  sentences out of them? In episode 9 of Lingthusiasm, we talk about how words form groups with other  words: constituency.

Once y...

Vote for bonus 5!

We have two candidates for the topic of bonus five, and voting is open until Saturday. Which topic are you most interested in?

Bonus 4: Doggo linguistics behind the scenes

A while back, Gretchen was interviewed as part of 2017-06-02 17:03:21 +0000 UTC View Post

We're glad you're here

We just wanted to take this chance to say thanks to all of you that help make Lingthusiasm happen! This was the first month that your pledges paid our producer and our transcriber, which is a huge...