Wherein we finish the podcast in under four hours!Jump right to:5:43 Language Thing Of The Day: Transitivity34:55 Question 1: Are accents predictable? That is, there are specific accents people have based on the languages they have learned,

Episode 8: No Linguist Can Afford That House

Mar 22nd, 2024 1h 20m

Wherein we KISS-FIST linguistics.Jump right to:3:15 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Garden path sentences25:05 How do [in/formal] registers change over time; do they stairstep as we invent new informal registers and then everything bumps up

Episode 7: The Fax Machine of Gondor

Dec 10th, 2023 1h 11m

Wherein we spin a shitpost question into linguistics gold.Jump right to:0:58 Mailbag; revisiting our treatment of linguistic typology12:14 Language Thing of the Day: The Comparative Method32:32 Question 1: Is English a creole?40:34 Qu

Episode 6: Hamburger. Hamburger? Hamburger!

Nov 11th, 2023 1h 12m

Wherein we find an excuse to recommend a bunch of music to you.Jump right to:2:26 Language Thing of the Day: Filler words14:17 Question 1: How did we get nicknames that don't seem to make sense? Like how did "Peggy" come out of "Margaret"?25:26

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Bonus Episode: LxAD LIVE @ CrossingsCon 2022 (full video with audio description at the end)

Sep 23rd, 2023 2h 13m

Wherein we #GiveLinguistsSwords. (Please note that this recording cut out a lot of background noise and claps/cheers, so if there is a weird volume jump up or down, that might be why.)Jump right to:00:04:42 Is syntax fake?00:10:14 Favor

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Bonus Episode: LxAD LIVE @ CrossingsCon 2022

Sep 3rd, 2023 2h 14m

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Bonus Episode: LxAD LIVE @ CrossingsCon 2021

Aug 7th, 2023 1h 46m

We've gone live for #CrossingsCon! ...two years ago. And before we fell further into our unintended hiatus, we forgot to post this episode anywhere besides YouTube. Oops!! So here is this, and a promise that we are back! Full show notes will be

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LxAD @ CrossingsCon Announcement

Jul 28th, 2021 1m 34s

Hello, and welcome to Linguistics After Dark! I'm Sarah, and this not really an episode—it's another teaser for next week's live show at CrossingsCon: Slipping Sideways. At 7pm New York time, Tuesday August 3rd, we'll be doing a live episode wi

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Bonus Episode: LxAD LIVE @ #LingFest

Jul 2nd, 2021 1h 47m

Check out the events from #LingFest 2021 at https://lingcomm.org/lingfest/, and get hype for CrossingsCon 21: Slipping Sideways, running from August 1-8 on Gather, with more information at https://crossingscon.org/. Our show has not been assign

Announcement: Linguistics After Dark LIVE!

Apr 9th, 2021 1m 28s

Hi everyone! We have two big Linguistics After Dark announcements for you.The first announcement is: we're still here! We have two episodes that are in fact recorded and waiting to be edited, so look for those in the next little bit.The secon

Episode 5: Schwa de Vivre

Aug 3rd, 2020 1h 16m

Wherein we talk a LOT.Jump right to:1:50 The International Phonetic Alphabet30:59 Corrections36:08 Question 1: Computer languages: Are they languages (in a linguistic sense)? They have rules, syntax, even dialects. They can express certain

Episode 4: The HOA of Francophones

May 16th, 2020 1h 17m

Wherein we frequently get off topic and get angry at Les Immortels.Jump right to:1:08 Things Sarah Is Mad About Once She Did the Show Notes3:39 Linguistic Thing of the Day: Borrowing!8:00 L’Académie Française is annoying22:27 Are th

Episode 3: The Gospel of the Wug

Apr 2nd, 2020 1h 7m

Wherein we make wugability happen and invoke rule three.Jump right to:3:40 The Part Where We Say The Title20:22 Are clicks consonants?30:22 Why do people like some words and hate others?43:53 An uncharacteristically serious discussion ab

Episode 2: Juno's Geese

Feb 13th, 2020 57m 19s

Wherein we discuss how linguistics is everywhere but linguists are nowhere, and introduce the concept of the unsolicited etymology swear jar.Jump right to:01:33 “Universal” word lists, bad puns, and university “field work” stories07:25 Wh

Episode 1: Batman's Batsman

Dec 24th, 2019 44m 4s

Our very first episode, answering real language questions from real listeners! And boy do we live up to our no-research policy. (What is the truth about bubblers? TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!)Jump right to:00:43 Thing of the Day: Ambiguity (...or

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