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languagejones

PhD linguist Taylor Jones explains language science and learning myths as monologues; chalkboard bits are optional. · Niche: linguistics Links: Language Jones: http://www.languagejones.com

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Episodes

35 episodes

  1. Why Young Men Sound "Less Manly": The Masculinity Crisis and the Linguistics Explained 17:53
  2. language bite: how do you spell an accent? 7:49
  3. totes adorbs truncations 16:40
  4. The Top 5 things the EXPERTS wish you knew about African American English/AAVE (Not what you think!) 21:11
  5. Conference Talk: Reexamining Negative Concord and Definiteness in AAE: LSA 2022 Poster 7:07
  6. Polyglot/Linguaphile vlog: Marking Informality in Persian by breathing through your nose??? 6:18
  7. How Do You Know What People MEAN? 16:45
  8. Is the Odyssey Translation Behind Nolan's Film Actually Woke? 17:39
  9. Why you're not getting better at your target language (and its not your fault) 18:51
  10. What does game theory have to do with pronouns? 17:55
  11. How a linguist uses italki to learn languages 21:43
  12. Did This 19th-Century Danish Linguist Predict Modern Black English? 20:53
  13. ChatGPT: Linguistics or LIES? (LanguageJones live) 1:41:40
  14. I did a PhD without knowing how to read 28:46
  15. The most controversial creature in linguistics 21:00
  16. Etymology Nerd’s Algospeak: Double Plus UnGood 35:34
  17. Why does a table have a gender? (Grammatical gender explained) 12:54
  18. What NOBODY is talking about when we talk about "Latinx" 8:06
  19. Polyglot/Linguaphile vlog: Some specifics in Russian 6:42
  20. 6 reasons the gender critical right and the woke left are both WRONG about pronouns 28:22
  21. Interview with Dr. Sonja Lanehart 33:50
  22. Why is so Much of Linguistics Math? 21:17
  23. Polyglot/linguaphile vlog: EASY TRICK to make google give you audio when your textbook doesn't! 9:02
  24. 5 Minute Linguist presentation: Negative concord and definiteness in African American English 6:20
  25. The Largest Study of Black English Ever (227 Million Tweets) 21:42
  26. Can words SOUND so bad they can RUIN other words? (Phonoaesthetics and Rhyme Contamination) 14:38
  27. How to learn the IPA (part 1): accelerate your language learning 28:07
  28. ALL of Linguistics, explained 38:23
  29. How to Detect AI Slop 22:57
  30. Hannukah or Chanukah: WHY are there SO MANY spellings, and which is RIGHT? 8:10
  31. In Linguistics, drowning is an accomplishment 11:02
  32. An Honest Review of Reading.com 21:03
  33. Why "It's Gonna Be May" Is Weirder Than You Think 21:00
  34. Linguistic Modality Explained in 8 minutes 12:07
  35. Chomsky was wrong.They taught me a lie. 32:26