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Linguistics Everyday

Nov 30, 2020

This week, Cara and Ed discuss all about the languages of Pakistan! We discuss the languages of Punjabi and Urdu in detail, as well as the script of Nastaʿlīq. The paper of the episode is Language Ideology, Identity and the Commodification of Language in the Call Centers of Pakistan by Tariq Rahman.


Oct 29, 2020

Cara and Ed focus on South America this episode! We discuss the major languages of South America, but then shift our focus on to the indigenous language of Quechua, with its approximately 8.5 million speakers, it is a major language in its own right. Enjoy and PLEASE VOTE!

 

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Sep 21, 2020

Today, we interview Wikitongues (https://wikitongues.org/) Director Daniel Bögre Udell! He talks about the origin of Wikitongues and its mission as well as discussing language rights all over the world and some upcoming projects for Wikitongues! A super great jam-packed episode!

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Aug 18, 2020

Cara and Ed tackle the Slavic Language Family with an emphasis on the Russian Language, from its Old Church Slavonic roots to the modern languages of Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Serbo-croatian, Slovak and more!

 

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Jul 25, 2020

Cara and Ed along with special guest, Emily Wheeler of Film Inquiry, discuss New Kings of the World by Fatima Bhutto to talk about Bollywood, Dizi, K-Pop, and the shifting of soft power from America to the rest of the world. We also discuss the magical power of SRK, Turkish Soap Operas and K-Pop groups like NCT 127.