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    Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios

    Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios

    Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios

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    Length:
    60 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter. lexiconvalley.substack.com
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 60 episodes

    Title

    Family Ties

    There are at least five defining features among hundreds of related languages from Engl...

    27 minutes
    		Jun 10, 2024

    Going Deep

    The simple verb to go quickly gets complex in just about any language and English is no...

    32 minutes
    		Apr 30, 2024

    Come Under Scrutiny

    What does the bat in “acrobat” have to do with the word come? John explains. This is a ...

    25 minutes
    		Mar 18, 2024

    Have Your Own Damn Self a Merry Little Christmas

    Reflexive pronouns are redundant in a way, sure, but they’re also quite common in many ...

    28 minutes
    		Dec 30, 2023

    When Did People Start Talking?

    There’s good reason to believe that sophisticated speech began long before homo sapiens...

    30 minutes
    		Nov 06, 2023

    Who's Afraid of Ayesha Rascoe?

    Does Ayesha Rascoe have a good radio voice? Not according to many NPR listeners, who fi...

    32 minutes
    		Sep 29, 2023

    What Is Miami English?

    A recent study suggests that a new dialect is emerging in the southern part of Florida....

    26 minutes
    		Aug 21, 2023

    Report of the Trial of Levi Weeks

    The trial transcript of a 225-year-old murder is filled with fascinating evidence of th...

    29 minutes
    		Jul 17, 2023

    I Got My Nails Did!

    Many English verbs have three forms — sing, sang and sung, for example. The problem is ...

    29 minutes
    		Jun 09, 2023

    To v. Too

    Too — whether about excess, addition or contradiction — evolved from to. John explains....

    27 minutes
    		May 09, 2023