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Episode 4: John McWhorter
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
I recently started learning French, and the process has made one thing clear to me: There’s a lot I don’t understand about how languages work. So, I turned to John McWhorter, a linguist who has dedicated his career to demystifying the roughly 7,000 languages spoken around the world. When he isn’t busy writing books, John is a professor at Columbia University, host of his own podcast, and frequent lecturer for Great Courses. He helped me understand why English is so irregular, what the ideal language would look like, why all dialects are created equal, and more.
Show notes:
John’s books: Books by John McWhorter (Author of Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue) (goodreads.com)
Lexicon Valley: Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter. (slate.com)
John’s Great Courses: John McWhorter (thegreatcourses.com)
Pronoun Trouble from Looney Tunes: Rabbit Seasoning - Pronoun Problem - YouTube
Muldoon the Bassoon from A Child’s Introduction to the Orchestra: https://youtu.be/C_ipa4JzNNc?t=545
Show notes:
John’s books: Books by John McWhorter (Author of Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue) (goodreads.com)
Lexicon Valley: Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter. (slate.com)
John’s Great Courses: John McWhorter (thegreatcourses.com)
Pronoun Trouble from Looney Tunes: Rabbit Seasoning - Pronoun Problem - YouTube
Muldoon the Bassoon from A Child’s Introduction to the Orchestra: https://youtu.be/C_ipa4JzNNc?t=545
Released:
Sep 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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