What's the difference between a KINK and a FETISH? Does it matter if you ASSUME or PRESUME? English is full of these close groups of words, and author Eli Burnstein has untangled many of them in his delightful book The Dictionary of Fine Distinctions. Eli joins us for this episode. Timestamps Intros: 0:42 News: 9:54 Related or Not: 24:11 Interview with Eli Burnstein: 37:33 Words of the Week: 1:10:13 The Reads: 1:33:45

<description>&lt;p&gt;What's the difference between a KINK and a FETISH? Does it matter if you ASSUME or PRESUME? English is full of these close groups of words, and author &lt;strong&gt;Eli Burnstein&lt;/strong&gt; has untangled many of them in his delightful book The Dictionary of Fine Distinctions. Eli joins us for this episode.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Timestamps&lt;br /&gt; Intros: 0:42&lt;br /&gt; News: 9:54&lt;br /&gt; Related or Not: 24:11&lt;br /&gt; Interview with Eli Burnstein: 37:33&lt;br /&gt; Words of the Week: 1:10:13&lt;br /&gt; The Reads: 1:33:45&lt;/p&gt;</description>

It's a great book! Or is it a tome?

97: The Dictionary of Fine Distinctions (with Eli Burnstein)

New York City is home to a lot of languages! Sometimes a sizeable language community can live on just a couple of floors of an apartment building. Dr Ross Perlin is working to find and promote minority languages in NYC. He's the co-founder of the Endangered Language Alliance, and author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York. Ross joins us for this episode. Intro: 0:36 News: 8:13 Related or Not: 32:52 Interview with Ross Perlin: 43:12 Words of the Week: 1:24:13 The Reads: 1:39:54 Show notes: http://becauselanguage.com/96-language-city/ Support the show: http://patreon.com/join/becauselangpod/

<description>&lt;p&gt;New York City is home to a lot of languages! Sometimes a sizeable language community can live on just a couple of floors of an apartment building. Dr &lt;strong&gt;Ross Perlin&lt;/strong&gt; is working to find and promote minority languages in NYC. He's the co-founder of the Endangered Language Alliance, and author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York. Ross joins us for this episode.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Intro: 0:36&lt;br /&gt; News: 8:13&lt;br /&gt; Related or Not: 32:52&lt;br /&gt; Interview with Ross Perlin: 43:12&lt;br /&gt; Words of the Week: 1:24:13&lt;br /&gt; The Reads: 1:39:54&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show notes: http://becauselanguage.com/96-language-city/&lt;br /&gt; Support the show: http://patreon.com/join/becauselangpod/&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Keeping languages alive in NYC.

96: Language City (with Ross Perlin)

Language authorities. Right-wing politicians. White supremacists and feminists. What do they have in common? They're all working together to fight gender-inclusive language. But why bring language into this fight? What extra does this give them? Dr Caitlin Green and Maureen Kosse join us to explain on this big episode.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Language authorities. Right-wing politicians. White supremacists and feminists. What do they have in common? They're all working together to fight gender-inclusive language. But why bring language into this fight? What extra does this give them?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dr &lt;strong&gt;Caitlin Green&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Maureen Kosse&lt;/strong&gt; join us to explain on this big episode.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What does banning gender-inclusive language do for them?

95: Why the Far-Right Demagogues Language (with Caitlin Green and Maureen Kosse)

In honour of Grammar Day (4 March), we are joined live by special guest Ellen Jovin, who regularly dispenses grammar advice and wisdom from the Grammar Table. Now she's testing our grammatical mettle and answering our questions.  YouTube video of this episode: <a href= "https://youtu.be/C1l8Alk3Ptc?si=7pnGnuKcy9YY-mhR">https://youtu.be/C1l8Alk3Ptc?si=7pnGnuKcy9YY-mhR</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;In honour of Grammar Day (4 March), we are joined live by special guest &lt;strong&gt;Ellen Jovin&lt;/strong&gt;, who regularly dispenses grammar advice and wisdom from the Grammar Table. Now she's testing our grammatical mettle and answering our questions. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;YouTube video of this episode:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://youtu.be/C1l8Alk3Ptc?si=7pnGnuKcy9YY-mhR"&gt;https://youtu.be/C1l8Alk3Ptc?si=7pnGnuKcy9YY-mhR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Because Language (is/are) talking grammar.

93: Stop! Grammar Time (live with Ellen Jovin and friends)

What are your eyes doing when you describe a scene? It may depend on your language.  New research from Dr Rachel Nordlinger and team shows that we do a lot of planning and scanning very quickly, and it follows the requirements of our language. She's studied Murrinhpatha, an Australian Aboriginal language, to see what its speakers do.

<description>&lt;p&gt;What are your eyes doing when you describe a scene? It may depend on your language. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;New research from Dr &lt;strong&gt;Rachel Nordlinger&lt;/strong&gt; and team shows that we do a lot of planning and scanning very quickly, and it follows the requirements of our language. She's studied Murrinhpatha, an Australian Aboriginal language, to see what its speakers do.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Putting an utterance together in Murrinhpatha.

92: In the First 600 Milliseconds (with Rachel Nordlinger)

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