Linguistics Everyday

Cara and Ed gather on this minisode to celebrate a huge milestone for the podcast: 500 downloads! We discuss the research of Gretchen McCulloch about emojis as language and a littl...

In Episode 5, Cara and Ed, along with guest Jen, discuss A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea by Don Kulick. We discuss th...

Cara and Ed gather to discuss the only truly revitalized language, Hebrew. From its 3000 BC roots to modern day, the language had been on a rollercoaster. We discuss how it's been ...

Ed and Cara discuss what is Language Death. With a language dying about every two weeks, preserving and recording these languages is of the utmost importance. We discuss different ...

Ed and Cara take a deep dive into the world of English Based Creoles from the Carribean, Africa and the Pacific like: Hawaiian Pidgin to Kreyol to Jamaican Patois to Singlish to Ma...

Ed and Cara introduce you to the exciting world of creole languages! We discuss how a pidgin becomes a creoles, what  makes a creole a creole to begin with as well as touching on t...