http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/ Anja Wanner Discussions on common beliefs and myths about language Scholars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discuss common beliefs about language in general and the English language in particular through the lens of their own research. Discussions on common beliefs about language en-us Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License Anja Wanner awanner@wisc.edu no English, language, dialect, linguistics, language acquisition, dictionary, grammar, Anja Wanner, syntax, Shakespeare, feral children, radio, UW, UW-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Anja Wanner Conversation with Professor Mark Louden Anja Wanner and Mark Louden talk about the linguistic development of "feral children," also known as "wolf children." These are children who grew up abandoned or isolated, and without learning a language. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-1.mp3 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:00 CST 23:47 linguistics, feral children, grammar, language acquisition, Genie, Kaspar Hauser, Victor, wolf children, language, dialect, radio, UW, Madison, Wisconsin Anja Wanner Conversation with Dr. Joan Hall Anja Wanner and Joan Hall, the Chief Editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English, discuss common beliefs about dialects and regionalisms. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-2.mp3 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:00 CST 19:47 English, language, dictionary, American, regional, linguistics, folklore, dialect, radio, UW, Madison, Wisconsin Anja Wanner Conversation with Professor Monica Macaulay Anja Wanner and Monica Macaulay, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discuss the myth that there is something like a primitive language and that the structure of languages shapes our perception of the world (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis). http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-3.mp3 Fri, 26 May 2006 12:00:00 CST 22:30 English, language, dictionary, American, linguistics, folklore, Native American, American Indian, Menominee, tribe, Sapir Whorf Hypothesis, Primitive Languages, Grammar, borrowing, dialect, radio, UW, Madison, Wisconsin Anja Wanner Conversation with Professor Richard Knowles, Part I Anja Wanner and Richard Knowles, Professors of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discuss linguistic aspects of Shakespeare's language and of Early Modern English in general. Part I of this podcast focuses on vocabulary questions. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-4.mp3 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:00:00 CST 15:30 Shakespeare, English, history, language, grammar, vocabulary, borrowing, conversion, functional shift, morphology, dictionary, pun, puns, malapropism, language change, Elizabethan, drama, Early Modern English Anja Wanner Conversation with Professor Richard Knowles, Part II Anja Wanner and Richard Knowles, Professors of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discuss linguistic aspects of Shakespeare's language and of Early Modern English in general. Part II of this podcast focuses on grammar questions. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-5.mp3 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:00:00 CST 15:10 Shakespeare, English, language, grammar, vocabulary, auxiliary, syntax, pronouns, negation, adverb, Elizabethan, drama, Early Modern English Anja Wanner with Nora Dahl and Scott LaFaive Graduate students Nora Dahl and Scott LaFaive discuss English slang Nora Dahl and Scott LaFaive, graduate students of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discuss linguistic aspects of slang and slang dictionaries. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-6.mp3 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:00:00 CST 17:10 English, language, slang, grammar, vocabulary, dictionary, words, dialect, variety Anja Wanner with Craig Allan and Chengwen Huang Craig Allan and Chengwen Huang discuss the origin of words and semantic changes in English Craig Allan and Chengwen Huang, (graduate) students of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discuss how words change over time and how new words are created in English. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~awanner/podcasts/Linguistic-Voices-on-Campus-7.mp3 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:00:00 CST 17:58 English, language, grammar, vocabulary, change, language change, sound change, buttonhole, notorious, checkmate, chess, vowel chift, semantic change