Linguistics Behind the Scenes
Linguistics Behind the Scenes
Podcast Description
This podcast is for everyone who enjoys or even loves language.
Have you ever wondered why we speak or write like that? And how we can find out what is usual, "right" or "wrong" in language use?
Then join linguistics professor Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer and linguistics enthusiast Dominic Piazza on a backstage tour of linguistic research as they engage in entertaining chats about all the many fun and interesting aspects of language.
Visit our website:
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast.php
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Content Themes
The show delves into diverse linguistic themes including language usage, the impact of historical events on language, and societal influences on linguistic expression, with episodes exploring topics such as preserving Holocaust survivor testimonies, analyzing words for intoxication like 'drunkonyms', and the linguistic effects of popular culture phenomena such as Star Wars.
This podcast is for everyone who enjoys or even loves language.
Have you ever wondered why we speak or write like that? And how we can find out what is usual, “right” or “wrong” in language use?
Then join linguistics professor Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer and linguistics enthusiast Dominic Piazza on a backstage tour of linguistic research as they engage in entertaining chats about all the many fun and interesting aspects of language.
Visit our website:
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast.php
In this futuristic episode of Linguistics Behind the Scenes, Christina and Dominic investigate how we talk to machines – and what our language reveals about the way we see them.
– Do we treat AI and robots like tools, teammates… or something in between?
– Where did the insult “clanker” come from – and why might it stick?
– Can robots have “face,” even without feelings?
– What makes a request sound polite?
– Why are humans typically less polite to robots than to other people?
From Star Wars battle droids to robotic vacuum cleaners, from imperative commands to indirect requests, our hosts explore the evolving etiquette of human–machine interaction and why it matters how we speak to AI.
Full episode transcript available here:
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast-transcripts.php#Episode20
Full article available to read for free here:
Do we mitigate face-threatening acts even when communicating with faceless robotic arms? Politeness strategies in human–robot vs. human–human interaction. By Sasha Genevieve Coelho, Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer, Sascha Kaden, Marina Beccard and Florian Röhrbein. https://jalis.uni-ruse.bg/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/JALIS_2026_Issue-6_Manuscript04_Coelho_et_al.pdf
Mentioned in this episode:
The Jetsons. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055683/
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