25 min listen
Why Do Languages Have Gender?
FromSlate Debates
ratings:
Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Lots of languages divide words into categories, like male and female. How does that happen?
Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on Lexicon Valley each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our show.
Twitter: @lexiconvalley
Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley
Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on Lexicon Valley each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our show.
Twitter: @lexiconvalley
Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley
Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jan 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Lexicon Valley #1: A Sin of Which None Is Guilty: Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the longstanding English language proscription against ending a sentence with a preposition. by Slate Debates