What can linguistics tell us about language in the workplace? In this episode of The How of Business podcast, I talk with Henry Lopez about conversation styles, accents and dialects and how they’re perceived in the workplace and how they affect hiring practices, and much more! Listen to the episode here!
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Is the internet changing the way we speak?
Is the internet changing the way we speak? The answer is surprisingly complicated! Check out the great interview I did with Dillon Thompson from In the Know about how the internet and TikTok are affecting language! https://www.intheknow.com/post/slang-words-tiktok-gen-z-linguist/
Interview: Why would you tell me that?!
I was recently interviewed for the brand new podcast, “Why would you tell me that?!”. Check out the podcast trailer before the episode drops!
Interview: Profoundly Pointless
I was recently interviewed on the Profoundly Pointless Podcast! Stay tuned for the episode details!
About Linguistic Discovery
What is Linguistic Discovery all about? What makes it different from other linguistics channels on the internet?
LSA 2021
This year’s Linguistic Society of America (LSA) conference is just around the corner! This is the LSA’s first-ever virtual conference, being held on January 7–13, 2021. Anybody can register to attend, and you can see the full schedule of events at LinguisticSociety.org. The conference is also being held concurrently with the annual meeting of theContinue reading “LSA 2021”
Christmas 2020 Books
I received two really fun books about language for Christmas this year that I’m excited to read! The first is a new edition of Speaking American: How y’all, youse, and you guys talk: A visual guide (2020) by Josh Katz, and the second is The study of animal languages (2019) by Lindsay Stern. (Note thatContinue reading “Christmas 2020 Books”
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