We’ve asked linguists about how language began, but what would an evolutionary biologist tell you? Prof Madeleine Beekman says it’s part of a complex web…
Among so many great word games, crosswords still reign supreme. How have they survived — and even expanded — in our digital age? What goes into a…
The “Oh” show was an experimental linguistics performance lecture. It happened in June 2025 at Creative Time HQ in New York City. Actors, musicians, and…
We’re answering all the listener questions we can, and Caitlin Green is here to help! Timestamps Listen to this episode This is a bonus episode…
Martha Barnette is one half of the linguistics podcast A Way With Words, and author of the new book Friends With Words: Adventures in Languageland.…
Creators have to be mindful of what to say and what not to say in their content. This affects the language we’re exposed to —…
We’ve all seen style guides that tell us what to say and what not to say. Has a style guide ever asked you what you…
How did language start? What do all languages have in common? How does language really work? Many answers have been posed to these questions, but…
How do large language models (LLMs) do their thing, and it is anything like how we do our thing? What can we learn from the…
Gesture is everywhere. We wave our hands when we talk, even if we’re alone. Signed languages are, of course, full languages that use gesture. And…