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Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
Because Language
a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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4.7 stars from 241 ratings
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“Because Language is the first podcast I ever fell in love with, and while others briefly supplant it as my favorite, I keep coming back to this gem. The balance of provocative commentary about linguistic attitudes juxtaposed with academic content is informative and entertaining. Daniel is an...”Read full review »
Jeffthemartin via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/19/24
Super interesting!
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“I love this podcast, it’s so insightful and just entertaining to listen to”
rndzvs via Apple Podcasts ·
Chile ·
05/29/24
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“A consistently excellent show that has sent me down many fascinating rabbit holes and fuelled endless interesting conversations over years of listening. I’m writing a review after someone to whom I had recommended the show enthused about their love of it and I realised I should invite more people...”Read full review »
HannahBantry via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
05/23/24
Recent Episodes
Noam Chomsky is one of the world's foremost thinkers, and his impact on linguistics is incalculable. Yet many people are only familiar with his political activism. What are his linguistic ideas, and why have they been so tenacious?
To answer that question, Daniel had a delightful chat with...
Published 07/08/24
Published 07/08/24
What's going on in Germany? How are people talking about gender in the German language, and how is freedom of expression being handled? We have a couple of German experts — linguist Rob Tegethoff and Ciarán of the podcast Corner Späti — to tell us why other languages were banned at protests in...
Published 06/11/24
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