Society & Culture
John McWhorter talks to sociolinguist Alexandra D'Arcy about the spike in our use of like.Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com
view more
More Episodes
I Just Can't!
2020-04-28
2020-04-28
The Many Meanings of Too
2020-04-14
2020-04-14
Sicko, Whacko, Weirdo
2020-03-31
2020-03-31
Chinese Has No Grammar, Right? Wrong!
2020-03-17
2020-03-17
Digging Up the Past
2020-02-04
2020-02-04
Verbs on the Move
2020-01-21
2020-01-21
Does PROCESSES Rhyme with KNEES?
2020-01-07
2020-01-07
A Bisl Yiddish
2019-12-24
2019-12-24
Private Parts
2019-12-10
2019-12-10
The Soft Power of Like
2019-11-26
2019-11-26
Men, Women and Children
2019-11-12
2019-11-12
Zombie English
2019-10-29
2019-10-29
Let's Do Lunch
2019-10-16
2019-10-16
How to Think Like a Linguist
2019-10-01
2019-10-01
Has English Gotten Less Complex?
2019-09-17
2019-09-17
S#!t, Hell and Darn
2019-09-03
2019-09-03
This Family Speaks 1,200 Languages
2019-08-19
2019-08-19
Language vs. Dialect
2019-08-06
2019-08-06
Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE
