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Talking the Talk
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Season 3 | Episode 2
Talking the Talk
In this episode, we talk to a linguist about why some people resist changes to the way people speak (hint: it has nothing to do with being correct).
Talking the Talk • Season 3, Episode 2
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This episode is about the science of how people talk. We’ll get into some of the nitty gritty science, like prosody and intonational variation, but we’re really interested in why people resist changes to language. Why did France try to ban “le weekend,” and why do some people, like, get so, like, upset when people use the word “like”? An expert in sociolinguistics talks about what our speech says about who we are, and why resistance to change has nothing to do with being right or wrong.
Guest
Nicole Holliday, Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Host
Alex Schein
Producer
Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Editors
Alex Schein and Brooke Sietinsons
Interviewer
Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Illustration
Dan Lee
Music
Theme music by Nicholas Escobar, C’18
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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