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Stories of Languages and Linguistics — 51 episodes
Do Children Really Soak Up Language Like Sponges
communication between animals
How does bilingualism impact children’s language development
Social media and language variations
Ambiguity in Language
Morphological productivity
Heritage Languages: Tagalog and Cantonese
My language learning journey
The Japanese pitch pattern
The history and evolution of Hangul
The endangered East Asian language Ainu
The Word "Kawaii" in Japanese, English, and Spanish
Word order in languages of East and Southeast
Loan words in Japanese
Formosan Languages
What influences the Chinese, English, and French languages have on the Vietnamese language
Cultural key words in languages of East and Southeas Asia
What is word order of a language?
Southern Chinese and Northern Chinese languages
Speak perfect language?
Why Are There Multiple Official Languages in Singapore?
The Japanese word "Ikigai"
The Korean Honorific System related to Foreign Language Learners
How do Mandarin-learning children acquire tone
The history of Bahasa Indonesia
The word “like”
How to ask a yes-no question in different langauges?
Linguistically speaking, how does Esperanto compare/contrast to the current Lingua Franca of the world, English?
Just How Different Are We?
The differences between the American Version of English and the British version of English
Understanding animal “language”
How has English changed over time?
How are dialects formed?
What is receptive bilingualism?
An interview with my Latin teacher
The connection between language/linguistics and cuisines around the world
Why is the English language so popular?
Brevity law and what it can tell us about a language
How can strokes affect language processing and why?
Wanna to know forensic linguistics?
Do you want to hear what a trilingual person would say about language acquisition?
Noam Chomsky and his linguistics theories
Does your native language influence your worldview or the way you think about various things in life?
How does language change over time?
Do you think your socio-economic environment affects the attributes you associate with words?
Can you start to mater a new language when you are an adult?
The intersection of linguistics and computer science
"long, thin, metal ruler" versus "metal, thin, long ruler"
How did click consonants develop in Southern and East Africa?
Early Computational Linguistics and the Rise of Chatbots
What factors affect the speed and success of second language acquisition?