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Gesture: every language has them, but what do they have to do with the emoji on your phone? Lauren…2 weeks

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Gesture: every language has them, but what do they have to do with the emoji on your phone?

Lauren and Gretchen get enthusiastic about Lauren’s new book ‘Gesture: A Slim Guide’ from Oxford Univer...

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Lingthusiasm Episode 116: Cross-cultural communication (in space!)2 weeks

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Sometimes, you’re talking with someone and you just seem to click. Other times, you just can’t seem to get comfortable: they’re standing too close or too far away for comfort, making too much or too little eye c...

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Our latest piece is live! The brilliant Soila Kenya writes about the dominance of English in fandom…3 weeks

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January, February, & March 2026: Abridged sonnets and legible arrangements3 weeks

In the first quarter of the year, I attended the Linguistic Society of America 2026 annual meeting online and admired how linguists are really great at pronouncing people’s names (phonetic transcription is a practical skill!).

I narrated the audiobook for Shakespeare’s Sonnets Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness by Zach Weinersmith, featuring sonnets turned into co...

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