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Interview with Yuko Asada | Women in Pan, Episode 8
In Episode 8 of the “Women in Pan” 10-part series, under the A Better Tomorrow banner, Attillah Springer interviews Yuko Asada about her life and journey in pan. Yuko is a musical instrument technician at Northern Illinois University (NIU) where … Continue reading
Sperm whales have their own alphabet, scientists say | BBC News
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying a clan of sperm whales in the East Caribbean, found the mammals use clicks to tell other whales who they are. Sperm whales are known to be very sociable and communicate with … Continue reading
The Year That Killed Received Pronunciation (RP)
[…] Practically the moment the familiar vowel symbols for British English were published, they plummeted drastically out of fashion. This video explains how and why. 0:00 Introduction 1:04 MyHeritage 2:45 A. C. Gimson’s book 5:33 The 1960’s 10:30 Advanced RP … Continue reading
Can you be gormful, wistless or ert?
oin word nerds Jess and Rob as they uncover English’s unpaired words, lost positives and orphaned negatives. Why can you be “nonchalant” but not “chalant”? If something perfect is “immaculate”, what does it mean to be “maculate”? And if you’re … Continue reading
What would an alien language look like?
Disappointed by the alien languages you see in movies? I have good news! There is a new branch of linguistics—Xenolinguistics—dedicated to imagining what an alien language might actually look like! In this video, I want to explore the weirdness of … Continue reading
Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426
Edward Gibson is a psycholinguistics professor at MIT and heads the MIT Language Lab. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Yahoo Finance: https://yahoofinance.com – Listening: https://listening.com/lex and use code LEX to get one month free – … Continue reading
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