We’ve All Heard It Before
We’ve All Heard It Before
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Michael Fragomeni and Peter Woods are two linguists trying to make sense of the current political situation.
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Explores themes related to linguistics, political discourse, and media analysis with episodes covering flag burning as a semiotic act, the implications of propaganda, and the use of language in political rhetoric.
Michael Fragomeni and Peter Woods are two linguists trying to make sense of the current political situation.
In this (Non-Political) bonus episode, Mike and Peter discuss the pronunciation of German loanwords into English. When is it appropriate to hyper-articulate the German sound system and when is it just too much? When is the English pronunciation more appropriate? And at what point is a lazy English pronunciation just butchering the word, leading to a lack of comprehension?
Michael Fragomeni earned his Bachelor of Arts in History (Magna Cum Laude) and his PhD in Germanic Linguistics both from UC Berkeley.
Peter Woods earned his BA in international affairs of Russia and Eastern Europe from George Washington University and his MA and PhD in Germanic linguistics from UC Berkeley
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