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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!
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Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
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 choose if, when, and where to speak their language (or not); heritage communities and heritage languages; the terms "extinct", "dead", "sleeping", and "reclamation" when talking about endangered languages; language domains; community buy-in; and the power of a single person to make a difference!
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