Lexicon Valley
Summary: Lexicon Valley is a podcast about language, from pet peeves, syntax, and etymology to neurolinguistics and the death of languages. Hosted by linguist John McWhorter.
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- Copyright: 2018 The Slate Group
Podcasts:
Mike Vuolo talks to "Word Freak" author Stefan Fatsis about the nature of language in Scrabble.
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to author David Skinner about his book, The Story of Ain't, which will be published in the fall of 2012.
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the vernacular wrapped in a dialect inside a language that some call Ebonics.
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the hypercorrected incorrectness of "between you and I."
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the evolution of the word "faggot."
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the longstanding English language proscription against ending a sentence with a preposition.
