Michael Erard has been covering language in major publications for a good long while. What has he learned, and what can linguistic communication take from his work? Michael sits down for a chat with Daniel and Hedvig to talk about his new book The Language Beat: Essays and Reporting on Language and Life.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
01:21 Getting the book together: Save your contracts!
04:22 Getting into lingcomm
06:38 Popular things v things you’re interested in
10:48 Getting the Spidey sense
19:30 Public reactions and book tour insights
23:22 Lingcomm involves a little bit of pastoral care
26:55 How has the lingcomm landscape changed?
34:05 Persistent misunderstandings
39:48 Are we seeing a lingcomm explosion?
47:37 Are we doing any good?
57:07 Thanks and closing
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@becauselangpod How do we communicate linguistics to the public? Perhaps a bit carefully. Michael Erard has learned a thing or two about lingcomm in his decades as a journalist, writing for major publications. We're talking with Michael about his new book: The Language Beat. The book: https://michaelerard.com/blog/introduction-to-the-language-beat/ The episode: https://becauselanguage.com/147-the-language-beat/
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Michael Erard: Introduction to The Language Beat
https://michaelerard.com/blog/introduction-to-the-language-beat/
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