Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXVIII — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined yet again by returning guest Tim Pulju. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss automating historical linguistic reconstructions, and then discuss ideas for new linguistics- and language-themed holidays.
Erschienen: 26.12.2014
Dauer: 47:01
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Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXVII — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by returning guest Tim Pulju. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss cross-linguistics differences in language acquisition (with special references to lemurs) and share some more Randomata. Also, identify the Secret Word of the Day and email Trey (@SpecGram.com) within a week of the episode's release for a chance to win a free copy of The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics!
Erschienen: 19.12.2014
Dauer: 43:28
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Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXVI — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined again by guest Jason Wells-Jensen. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss the pointlessness of baby talk compared to the pointlessness of lemur screeches, and review more comprehensive exam questions. Also, identify the Secret Word of the Day and email Trey (@SpecGram.com) within a week of the episode's release for a chance to win a free copy of The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics!
Erschienen: 12.12.2014
Dauer: 54:46
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Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXV — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by guest Jason Wells-Jensen. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss the wisdom of trying to revive “Indo-European”, and partake in some Linguistic Parlor Games. Also, identify the Secret Word of the Day and email Trey (@SpecGram.com) within a week of the episode’s release for a chance to win a free copy of The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics!
Erschienen: 05.12.2014
Dauer: 51:29
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Old Professor Hockett; by James Riley Whitcomb; From World of Language, Volume I, Number 2 of The Journal of the Linguistic Society of South-Central New Caledonia, February 1991 — Old Professor Hockett came to our school one day, / To teach us some linguistics and earn a little pay. / More accurately, history was what he taught us all / In 1989, as the leaves began to fall; / And all us graduate students, when the clock struck one, / We’d gather in the classroom and have the mostest fun / A-listening to the stories that Hockett told about / And the Chomskyans that gets you / If you / Don’t / Watch / Out! (Read by Keith Slater.)
Erschienen: 28.11.2014
Dauer: 1:56
Annual Realgedankenexperiment Grant; by the Journal of Forbidden Experiments; From Volume CLXVII, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, April 2013 — Once again, the Journal of Forbidden Experiments is accepting applications for its Annual Realgedankenexperiment Grant, underwritten by the generous donations of the Van Tricasse family. (Read by Trey Jones.)
Erschienen: 21.11.2014
Dauer: 5:51
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The Texas World Cultural Festival and Poetry Recitation Competition; by Damian Grammatical; — I’m Damian Grammatical, Radio Highbrow’s Culture Correspondent based in Austin, Texas. On Saturday, the 18th of October, 2014, the Texas World Cultural Festival and Poetry Recitation Competition was held in Corsicana, Texas. The day began with the “Not Square But Just as Interesting” ethnic dance exhibition, which featured such dances as the Viennese waltz and the Argentine tango. (Performed by Mark Brierley, Jason Wells-Jensen, Insook Kim, Brandy Graham, Les Strabismus, Mikael Thompson, Joyce Almaguer-Reisdorf, Trey Jones, Bill Spruiell, Tim Pulju, Bethany Barber, and Georgina Hall.)
Erschienen: 14.11.2014
Dauer: 13:41
The Definition of Progress; by Sam Crusemire; From Volume CLXVI, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, February 2013 — The average member of Richmond’s “jeunesse dorée” will be delighted to discover that our university plans to release its own “Dictionary of the English Language”. Over the course of a few decades, the Departments of English, Classics, and Modern Literatures and Cultures developed the dictionary, considering Webster pedantic and the OED too wordy. (Read by Trey Jones.)
Erschienen: 07.11.2014
Dauer: 3:08
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Using NLP to Defeat NLP; by The Γραμματο-Χαοτικον; From Volume CLXV, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, October 2012 — We are the Γραμματο-Χαοτικον, an underground alliance of linguists, philologists, and polyglots. Our self-appointed role is to encourage arbitrary and capricious change both in Language and among languages, world-wide. Our exploits are legion, and now reasonably well documented (see “The Γραμματο-Χαοτικον Manifesto”, SpecGram CL.4). (Read by Trey Jones.)
Erschienen: 24.10.2014
Dauer: 2:58
Important Idioms in Contemporary Science; by Metalleus; From Lingua Pranca, June, 1978 — Text: (28) is very likely a universal constraint. / Read: I know, for sure, that (28) works for English, French, and certain Lolo-Burmese dialects. (Read by Trey Jones.)
Erschienen: 17.10.2014
Dauer: 1:44
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