linguistics – Exhaling Words Podcast

Linguistic Beatboxing (Ep. 9)

Aspiration? Voicing? Ejectives? Beatboxing?! And Armenian?! This week I explore the difficulty of certain sounds for native English speakers and the idea that linguistics can be used to make language learning easier. Check it out! Connect with me on social media:Instagram: @polygloterinTwitter: @polygloterinFacebook: /polygloterinYouTube: /PolyglotErin Graphics by Marissa (@multilingualmarissa)

THE word (Ep. 5)

What is an article? What does it do? Can articles do more than just define a noun? Could they possibly do the opposite of their surface meaning? Find out this week as I talk about the value and use of the definite article in Arabic and Hebrew, and a peculiar use of the Persian indefiniteContinue reading “THE word (Ep. 5)”

Words for Words (Ep. 4)

What words do we use to describes studying words? Today I want to talk about what is “linguistics,” “historical linguistics,” and philology,” as these are terms that come up when I describe what I do. I also get into the details of language contact, language development, and how these are seen in morpho-syntax. If youContinue reading “Words for Words (Ep. 4)”