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Ursula K. Le Guin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 48.1

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Containing Matters of Milkweeds.Timestamps:introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00)general overview and discussion of linguistics and science fiction (28:28)Ursula K. Leguin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) (1:06:09)Bibliography:Akmajian, Adrian et al. - "Linguistics: An Introduction to language and Communication" (2001)Ahearn, Laura M.- "Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology" (2021)Alim, H. Samy - "The Oxford Handbook of Language and Race" (2020)Artichoke - "Le Guin the Reconstructionist" https://onionandartichoke.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/le-guin-the-reconstructionist/Bakker, Peter, Yaron Matras - "Contact Languages: A Comprehensive Guide" (2013)Burton, Strange et al. - "Linguistics for Dummies" (2012)Dyke, Heather - "Weak Neo-Whorfianism and the Philosophy of Time," Mind and Language, volume 37 (2022)Everett, Caleb - "A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think" (2023)Freedman, Carl (ed). - "Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin" (2008)Le Guin, Ursula K. - "The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination" (2004)Le Guin, Ursula K. - "Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places" (1989)Sapir, Edward, Pierre Swiggers - "General Linguistics" (2008)Sebeok, Thomas - "Perspectives in zoosemiotics" (1972)Spivack, Charlotte - "Ursula K. Le Guin" (1984)Stableford, Brian - "Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia" (2006)wonders"Westfahl, Gary (ed.) - "The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy: themes, works, and White, Donna - "Dancing with Dragons: Ursula K. LeGuin and the Critics" (1999)Whorf, Benjamin Lee et al.- "Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf" (2012)

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