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Linguistics with Laura

Laura Koch

Education Language Learning

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14 episodes

Why Study Linguistics? How Can We Apply Linguistics To Our Everyday Life?
31/03/2021 | 10 mins.
In this final episode of the series, we’ll discuss the many ways that studying linguistics can lead to not only a fulfilling career, but a fulfilling life in general. Tune in to learn about rediscovering forgotten languages, speech pathology, forensic linguistics, and AI language capabilities.
How Do Our Brains Process Language?
13/03/2021 | 17 mins.
This episode will give an overview of all the systems inside our brains that are responsible for understanding and producing language. We’ll also talk about bilingualism, language disorders, and slips of the tongue, which can tell us a lot about how our brains process language.
How Does Language Influence Society? How Does Society Influence Language?
18/02/2021 | 12 mins.
In this episode, we’ll discuss dialects, accents, pidgins, creoles, lingua francas, and code switching. We’ll also explain the impact of language on gender and class, and vice versa. Tune in to learn more about sociolinguistics!
How and Why Language Changes
17/01/2021 | 37 mins.
In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow language enthusiast Emery Schramm to discuss the reasons for language change and how these changes come about. Tune in to learn about interesting linguistic phenomena such as retronyms, skeuomorphs, proprietary eponyms, meaning shifts, and a whole lot more.
How Did the English Language Come to Be? How Did English Originate?
31/12/2020 | 9 mins.
This episode of Linguistics with Laura will provide a brief overview of English and a brief history of the language. Tune in to learn about Indo-European languages, Old English, Middle English, Modern English, and everything that went down in between.

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About Linguistics with Laura

This podcast series will highlight some of the most important aspects of linguistics. Over the span of numerous episodes, we’ll discuss topics such as the definition of linguistics, history of the English language, word structure, speech sounds, grammar, meaning, sentence structure, and more. If you’re interested in learning more about language but don’t have oodles of free time, this series will introduce you to the beauty of linguistics in short and sweet light-hearted episodes. Source: Fromkin Victoria et al. An Introduction to Language. 11th ed. Cengage 2019.

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