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Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Website ↗ Last published 11 October 2026 108 posts collected by Sputnik

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“You open up this potential to gain knowledge and power and money and all of these development kind of things. You give access to that to foreigners, to women, to young people, to people who are maybe of a lower social class, who haven't had these long years of education. So punctuation has always been a way to democratize, and then also has been in danger of being locked up because of that power.” — Florence Hazrat, Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
Florence Hazrat · 11 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I think it's a huge problem that we are losing the notion of the paragraph… Traditionally, a thought is longer than a single sentence, right? Like, what can we say in a single sentence? And so I would be worried now that… we are losing the capacity to produce a unit of thought in language.” — Florence Hazrat, Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
Florence Hazrat · 11 Oct 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. is hosted by Daniel Midgley , Caitlin M. Green and Kelly Elizabeth Wright .

Recent Episodes

  1. 11 Oct 2026

    148: On the Mark (with Florence Hazrat)

    With Florence Hazrat

  2. 23 Sep 2026

    147: The Language Beat (with Michael Erard)

    With Michael Erard

  3. 17 Sep 2026

    146: Beyond Words (with Karen Stollznow)

    With Karen Stollznow

  4. 3 Sep 2026

    145: Face With Tears of Joy (live with Keith Houston and friends)

    With Keith Houston

  5. 22 Aug 2026

    144: Sociophonetics Deep Dive (with Jennifer Nycz, Lauren Hall-Lew, and Kelly Wright)

    With Lauren Hall-Lew and Jennifer Nycz

  6. 11 Aug 2026

    143: How to Kill a Language (with Sophia Smith Galer)

    With Sophia Smith Galer

  7. 28 Jul 2026

    142: If This Be Magic (with Daniel Hahn)

    With Daniel Hahn

  8. 17 Jul 2026

    141: Why Q Needs U (with Danny Bate and Caitlin M. Green)

    With Danny Bate

  9. 30 Jun 2026

    140: These Strange New Minds (with Christopher Summerfield and Caitlin Green)

    With Christopher Summerfield and Caitlin Green

  10. 9 Jun 2026

    139: Magpie Syntax (with Stephanie Mason)

    With Stephanie Mason

  11. 12 May 2026

    138: Pop-Up Gaeltacht (live with Laura Pakenham and friends)

    With Laura Pakenham

  12. 1 May 2026

    137: Are Trees Real? (with Yngwie Nielsen and Morten Christiansen)

    With Yngwie Nielsen and Morten Christiansen

Guests

Kelly Wright (6 episodes), Caitlin Green (5 episodes), Mark Ellison (3 episodes), Morten Christiansen (3 episodes), Rikker Dockum (3 episodes), Lauren Gawne (2 episodes), Ellen Jovin (2 episodes), Michael Erard (2 episodes), Mignon Fogarty (2 episodes), Nicole Holliday (2 episodes), Jonathon Green , Cole Robertson , and 87 more.