the Weekly Linguist podcast
A weekly interview podcast about the languages of the world and the linguists who study them. Topics include specific languages, language families, unique structures. It’s upbeat, informative, and fun for linguists and language-lovers everywhere!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2021
Episode 21: Matheus Freitas, part 1, on the vowels of Brazilian Portuguese
In this episode, Lisa returns after a time away, just in time to talk to Matheus Freitas of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais about the vowels of Brazilian Portuguese, how they work, how they …
Episode 20: Amanda Lafleur, part 3, more on what makes Louisiana French unique
In this episode, we return after vacation and finish our discussion with Amanda Lafleur about Louisiana French. It's a fun - and funny! - episode, and we think you'll enjoy listening.
Episode 19: Amanda Lafleur, part 2, on peculiarities in Louisiana French and Creole
This week we continue our conversation with Amanda Lafleur about Louisiana French. The first part of our conversation focused on the development of the Dictionary of Louisiana French. In this second …
Episode 18: Amanda Lafleur, part 1, on the development of the Dictionary of Louisiana French
This week we continue our conversation about Louisiana French with the first of three episodes taken from our interview with Amanda Lafleur. Dr Ancelet's interview was about the socio-historical cont…
Episode 17: Barry Ancelet, part 3, on the future of Louisiana French
This week, we finish our discussion with Barry Ancelet. We turn to the future of Louisiana French, how it’s expressing itself, and the positive signs that there is a bright future ahead for French in…
Episode 16: Barry Ancelet, part 2, on Louisiana French identity and literacy
This week we continue our conversation on Louisiana French with Dr. Barry Ancelet, noted folklorist and expert in Cajun culture. We talk about the differences between Louisiana French and Modern Stan…
Episode 15: Barry Ancelet, part 1, on Louisiana French
This week we begin a three-part series on Louisiana French with Dr. Barry Ancelet, noted folklorist and expert in Cajun culture. We talk about how French came to be spoken in Louisiana, how it thrive…
Episode 14: R. David Zorc, part 2, more on the Bisayan languages
In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with R. David Zorc, noted linguist of Philippine languages. We talk about the Philippine “Focus System”, genitive case markers, and the future of …
Episode 13: R. David Zorc, part 1, on the Bisayan languages
In this week's episode, we call R. David Zorc on the phone and talk about the Bisayan languages of the Philippines. It's a fun and informative interview. If you're interested in Philippine languages,…
Episode 12: Keren Rice, part 2, on Community-Based Research
One great interview deserves another! This week we are continuing our conversation with Dr. Keren Rice of the University of Toronto. We turn from the Dene languages to Community-based Research in the…
Episode 11: Keren Rice, part 1, on the Dene languages
This is an exciting week! We are talking to Dr. Keren Rice of the University of Toronto, former President of the Linguistic Society of America, the Canadian Linguistic Association and the Society for…
Episode 10: Dina Stanković, part 3, more on Serbian and Slavic Languages
On this week’s episode, we finish our discussion with Miss Dina Stanković, a budding young linguist who studies — and podcasts on! — Slavic languages. Last week we talked about the morphology and som…
Episode 9: Dina Stanković, part 2, more on Serbian and Slavic Languages
On this week’s episode, we continue our discussion with Miss Dina Stanković, a budding young linguist who studies — and podcasts on! — Slavic languages. Last week we talked about the history and soci…
Episode 8: Dina Stanković, part 1, on Serbian and Slavic Languages
On this week's episode, we are excited to introduce a budding young linguist who studies -- and podcasts on! -- Slavic languages! Miss Dina Stanković gives us an introduction to Slavic languages in g…
Episode 7: Joyce Bennett on Language and Empowerment among Kaqchikel Women in Guatemala
In this week’s episode, Jarrette talks to Dr. Joyce Bennett of Connecticut College about her research on the interplay between language, culture, and empowerment among Kaqchikel women in Guatemala. H…
Episode 6: Anthony Grant, part 2, more on Lexicostatistics, Tagmemics, Word Borrowings, and Philippine languages
Today’s episode provides the listener with a few “outtakes” from Jarrette’s conversation with Anthony Grant that we weren’t able to include in the first episode (Episode 5) but that definitely were w…
Episode 5: Anthony Grant, part 1, on Lexicostatistics Today
On this week’s episode, we interview Dr. Anthony Grant of Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire, in the UK. This episode discusses one aspect of language diversity around the world: the method…
Episode 4: Judie Maxwell, part 3, on Language Rights and Revitalization
In this episode, we finish the conversation with Judie Maxwell of Tulane University. Topics include: how languages encode human knowledge and worldviews; the autonomy of a language community to choos…
Episode 3: Judie Maxwell, part 2, on Language Death and Vitality
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Judie Maxwell of Tulane University. We start by talking about "the language split by a river" in Guatemala, and then we explore how languages dwindl…
Episode 2: Judie Maxwell, part 1, on Language Diversity
In this episode, we talk to our own professor Judith M. Maxwell of Tulane University about language diversity. Because the purpose of the podcast is to discuss the languages of the world, the first f…