Best Nick Bloomfield Podcasts (2024)

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Podcast episode 39: Interview with Ingrid Piller on Life in a New Language 26:10

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In this interview, we talk to Ingrid Piller about her forthcoming co-authored book Life in a New Language. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 38 Kachru, Braj B. 1985. ‘Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: The English language in the outer circle’, in English in the world: Teaching and learni…

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Ep 14: Leading New York State & Bridging the Private Sector | Dr Nirav R. Shah 47:19

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"There is a lot of mistrust between the two, the private sector thinks about government bureaucrats who've done the same way for 20 years...the public sector talks about the private sector... who just want to make money at any cost... and they're both wrong." - Dr Nirav Shah, Senior Scholar at Stanford. In this episode, Dr Nirav Shah reflects on hi…

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Podcast episode 38: Interview with Dan Everett on C.S. Peirce and Peircean linguistics 23:47

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In this interview, we talk to Dan Everett about the life and work of the American pragmatist philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce and Everett’s application of Peirce’s ideas to create a Peircean linguistics. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 38 Cole, David. 2023. “The Chinese Room Argument”, The Stanford Enc…

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Ep13: The Intersection of Invention, Innovation & Business | Dr Josh Makower 37:13

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“You can be successful as an innovator, even as a physician or any other background you have, as long as you follow the process and really focus on the needs. That's the key.” - Dr Josh Makower, Director and Co-Founder of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. In this episode, Dr Joshua Makower discusses his newest medical device approval "Moxime…

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Ep12: Moral Injury & the Musical Chairs of Housing | Dr Margot Kushel 43:51

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"There is a very evidence-based way to house people for people who are experiencing homelessness, it has been around a long time, it's been testing empirically, it's called housing first" - Dr Margot Kushel, Director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. In this episode, Dr Margot Kushel explores the moral injury of being a front…

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Podcast episode 37: Interview with Michael Lynch on conversation analysis and ethnomethodology 27:22

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In this interview, we talk to Michael Lynch about the history of conversation analysis and its connections to ethnomethodology. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 37 Button, Graham, Michael Lynch and Wes Sharrock (2022) Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures …

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Ep11: Exploring AI, ChatGPT and Clinical Informatics | Professor Nigam Shah 40:38

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"Even though you trained them for something silly, like to predict the new word, new capabilities emerged, as in, now they can answer, which is something they weren't trained for" - Professor Nigam Shah, Chief Data Scientist for Stanford Health Care. In this episode, Professor Nigam Shah shares his early experiences with AI, called 'application of …

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Ep10: Leading a Nation through a Global Pandemic | Sir Ashley Bloomfield 43:47

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"One of the conclusions I've drawn from COVID...in a sense, was that our communications approach was our most important public health intervention" - Sir Ashley Bloomfield, Former Director General Of Health, New Zealand. In this episode, Sir Ashley Bloomfield reflects on his humble upbringing and how he approached being a generalist and took on new…

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Ep9: Power, Managers & the Science of Teams | Professor Sara Singer 38:40

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"You have to be somewhat more strategic, you have to identify your sources of power and use those sources of power to influence the people you want to enact whatever it is you are asking of them" - Professor Sara Singer, Director of the HELIO Labs at Stanford Medicine. In this episode, Professor Sara Singer reflects on her early experiences of heal…

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Ep8: Venture Capital in Silicon Valley - From Clinician to Investor | Dr Oliver Keown 43:39

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"In times of hesitancy in the market, leaders lean in, they assert themselves, they flex and they find an opportunity” - Dr Oliver Keown, managing director of Intuitive Ventures. In this episode, Dr. Oliver Keown discusses his career journey from a doctor in the UK's National Health Service, to a venture capitalist as Managing Director at Instituti…

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Ep7: Trust, Strategy and Resilience - Moving Healthcare Forward | Dr Thomas H. Lee 41:43

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"There's good news, we're actually seeing signs of a virtuous cycle, we're seeing [workforce] pride in organizations and that leads to people working together better, making the care better, which means the patients are more grateful, which makes people feel even more pride". — Dr. Thomas H. Lee, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and …

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Ep6: Upstream Doctors & Social Interventions Research | Dr Laura Gottlieb 39:51

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"We think as healthcare institutions as just healthcare institutions...actually healthcare institutions are just big businesses that happen to do healthcare, this idea is that there is a whole array of other activities besides healthcare, that have an enormous impact on our local communities" — Dr. Laura Gottlieb, Family Physician and Director of S…

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Podcast housekeeping December 2023 1:13

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In this brief audio clip, we provide an update on what’s been happening with the podcast – and what’s coming up. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts McElvenny, James. 2024. A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Entry in the Edinburgh University Press catalogue…

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Ep5: Digital Health and Career Reflections at Microsoft | Dr. Simon Kos 50:29

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"If we had a multitiered, multilayered approach to clinical leadership where we don't just provide about patient care, but we think about improving the processes and tools...and leave a legacy over time then I think we'd have greater success in driving digital change in health" — Dr Simon Kos, Healthcare Executive at Microsoft. In this episode, Dr …

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Ep4: Journey to Zero - How to Lead the Climate Revolution in Healthcare | Dr Nick Watts 48:12

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"Don't let the fact that you don't know the last step, stop you from acting today.” - Dr. Nick Watts, Chief Sustainbaility Officer, NHS. In this episode, Dr Nick Watts discusses what it takes to be part of a world-leading race to zero carbon emissions in healthcare. Dr Watt reflects on his early career at the World Health Organisation and at the La…

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Ep3: Leadership by Design at the Mayo Clinic | Dr. Stephen Swensen 44:28

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“Culture is absolutely the mortar between the bricks and the primary value of Mayo Clinic that everyone knows. From the environmental services folks to the accountants, to the nurses and doctors and social workers, the needs of the patient come first.” — Dr. Stephen Swensen, Former Director for Leadership and Organization Development at Mayo Clinic…

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Ep2: Demystifying Organizational Behavior in Healthcare | Professor Amy Edmondson 46:37

8M ago46:37

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"Psychological safety is at the very heart of this discussion... a belief that it is safe for interpersonal risk...in my research I have found this not to be the norm, but it is a very powerful thing when it's there." — Professor Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. In this episode, Novartis Pro…

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Podcast episode 36: Interview with Ghil‘ad Zuckermann on revivalistics 30:04

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In this interview, we talk to Ghil‘ad Zuckermann about language reclamation and revival in Australia and around the world. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 36 The Barngarla trinity: people, language, land. The Barngarla trilogy: (1) Barngarlidhi Manoo (‘Speaking Barngarla Together’): Barngarla Alphabet & …

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Ep1: Complex Systems & the Improvement Toolbox | Dr Kedar Mate 50:30

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"This is the time for a different kind of leader" — Dr Kedar Mate, President and CEO of the Institue for Healthcare Improvement In this episode, President and CEO of the IHI, Dr Kedar Mate begins by reflecting on his upbringing and the formative years that impact his values. While working for Partners in Health, he saw first-hand how solving a comp…

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Introduction Episode 5:23

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Listen now on Substack, Apple, Spotify, Google or where ever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the Introduction to the Clinical Changemakers podcast! With the help of some quotes from my guests, I discuss the current problems in healthcare, how clinicians can be at the heart of solving them, and the particular themes for the podcast. Thank you for …

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Podcast episode 35: Interview with Nick Thieberger on historical documentation and archiving 22:23

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In this interview, we talk to Nick Thieberger about the value of historical documentation for linguistic research, and how this documentation can be preserved and made accessible today and in the future in digital form. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 35 Crane, Gregory, ed. 1987–. Project Perseus. Web re…

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Podcast episode 34: Interview with Mary Laughren on Central Australia languages and Ken Hale 24:56

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In this episode, we talk to Mary Laughren about research into the languages of Central Australia in the mid-twentieth century, with a focus on the contributions of American linguist Ken Hale. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 34 Hale, Kenneth L., and Kenny Wayne Jungarrayi. 1958. Warlpiri elicitation sessi…

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Podcast episode 33: Formalism and distributionalism 21:56

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In this episode, we examine the formalist aspects of the linguistic work of Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield, and see how their methods were turned into the doctrines of distributionalism by the following generation. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 33 Primary sources Bloch, Bernard (1948), ‘A set of p…

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Podcast episode 32: Leonard Bloomfield and behaviourism 20:22

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In this episode, we discuss the leading American linguist Leonard Bloomfield and his connections to the psychological school of behaviourism and the philosophical doctrines of logical positivism. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 32 Primary sources Bloomfield, Leonard (1914), An Introduction to the Study o…

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Podcast episode 31: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 30:31

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In this episode, we explore the historical background to linguistic relativity or the so-called ‘Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 31 Primary sources Boas, Franz, ed. (1911), Handbook of American Indian Languages, Part I, Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Google Books Carr…

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Podcast housekeeping April 2023 2:58

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This clip is a brief audio update on what’s been happening with the podcast, and what’s going to happen in the next few months. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google PodcastsBy James McElvenny

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Podcast episode 30: Interview with Andrew Garrett on Alfred Kroeber 34:51

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In this episode we talk to Andrew Garrett about the life, work and legacy of American anthropologist Alfred Kroeber. Kroeber achieved a number of firsts in American anthropology: he was Boas’ first Columbia PhD and the first professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. But Kroeber is not only of historical interest. The rece…

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Podcast episode 29: Interview with Marcin Kilarski on the study of North American languages 17:48

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In this interview, we talk to Marcin Kilarski about the history of the documentation and description of the languages of North America. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 29 Primary sources Bloomfield, Leonard. 1946. “Algonquian”. Linguistic structures of native America ed. by Harry Hoijer, 85-129. New York…

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Podcast episode 28: Franz Boas and the Boasians 28:55

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In this episode, we begin our exploration of American linguistics by looking at the innovative contributions of Franz Boas (1858–1942) and his circle of students. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 28 Primary sources Bastian, Adolf (1893), Controversen in der Ethnologie I, die geographischen Provinzen in ih…

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Podcast episode 27: Interview with Peter Trudgill on sociolinguistic typology 29:45

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In this interview, we talk to Peter Trudgill about how the structure of speaker communities may influence the structure of languages. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 27 Aronoff, Mark. 1994. Morphology by itself: stems and inflectional classes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Dahl, Östen. 2004. The growth and m…

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Podcast episode 26: Interview with Philipp Krämer on creoles and creole studies 25:50

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In this interview, we talk to Philipp Krämer about the history of the study of creole languages and present-day efforts to standardise creoles around the world. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 26 Primary sources Adam, Lucien (1883): Les idiomes négro-aryen et maléo-aryen. Essai d’hybridologie linguistiqu…

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Podcast episode 25: Interview with Felicity Meakins on contact linguistics 27:48

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In this interview, we talk to Felicity Meakins about Pidgins, Creoles, and mixed languages. We discuss what they are, and how they are viewed in both linguistic scholarship and in speaker communities. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 25 Bakker, Peter, Daval-Markussen, Aymeric, Parkvall, Mikael, & Plag, In…

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Podcast episode 24: Interview with Lorenzo Cigana on the Copenhagen Circle 26:47

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In this interview, we talk to Lorenzo Cigana about Louis Hjelmslev and the Copenhagen Linguistic Circle. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 24 Primary Sources ‘Travail collectif du Cercle linguistique de Copenhague’, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Linguists, Paris, Klincksieck, 1949, …

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Podcast episode 23: Interview with Noam Chomsky on the beginnings of generative grammar 26:50

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In this interview, we talk to Noam Chomsky about the intellectual environment in which generative grammar emerged. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 23 Primary Sources Bloomfield, Leonard (1933). Language. New York: Henry Holt and Co. Carnap, Rudolf (1936). ‘Testability and meaning’, Philosophy of Science …

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Podcast episode 22: Interview with Christopher Hutton on linguistics under National Socialism 20:47

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In this interview, we talk to Christopher Hutton about linguistic scholarship under National Socialism and how this relates to linguistics today. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 22 Primary Sources Boas, Franz (1911), Handbook of American Indian languages, vol. 1, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 40…

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Podcast episode 21: Karl Bühler’s Organon model and the Prague Circle 29:17

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In this episode, we look at psychologist Karl Bühler’s (1879–1963) Organon model of communication and observe its influence on the linguists Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890–1938) and Roman Jakobson (1896–1982), who were associated with the Prague Circle. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 21 Primary Sources Bühler…

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Podcast episode 20: Interview with Jacqueline Léon on Firth, Malinowski and the London School 21:35

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In this interview, we continue the theme of the previous episode and talk to Jacqueline Léon about John Rupert Firth (1890–1960), Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942) and the London School. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 20 Primary Sources Archives Firth : John Rupert Firth collection, PP MS75, School of Or…

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Podcast episode 19: Meaning and British linguistics – Firth, Malinowski and the context of situation 27:27

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In this episode, we look at the central role the analysis of meaning played in British linguistics in the first half of the twentieth century. We focus on the work of John Rupert Firth (1890–1960) and Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942) and their varying versions of the ‘context of situation’. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Refe…

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Podcast episode 18: Interview with H. Walter Schmitz on Victoria Lady Welby 22:43

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In this interview, we talk to H. Walter Schmitz about pioneer of semiotics Victoria Lady Welby. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 18 Primary Sources Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiyé (1939), Language in Thought and Action, New York: ‎ Harcourt, Brace and Co. Ogden, Charles Kay and Ivor Armstrong Richards (1923), The…

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Podcast episode 17: Philipp Wegener and the beginnings of functionalism 23:54

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In this episode, we take a step back to explore the earliest beginnings of functional linguistics as represented by the work of Philipp Wegener. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 17 Primary Sources Bréal, Michel (1866), ‘De la forme et de la fonction des mots’, Revue des Cours Littéraires de la France et d…

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Podcast episode 16: Interview with Chloé Laplantine on Émile Benveniste 17:44

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In this episode, we talk to Chloé Laplantine about the life and work of French structuralist Émile Benveniste. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 16 Primary Sources Annuaire du Collège de France. 1937-1938. Paris: Ernest Leroux. Benveniste, Émile. 1937. La négation. (Manuscript notes). Bibliothèque national…

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Podcast episode 15: Roman Jakobson, Prague Circle structuralism and phonology 26:23

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In this episode, we enter the age of classical structuralism by exploring the phonological research of Roman Jakobson and his colleague Nikolai Trubetzkoy undertaken within the Prague Linguistic Circle. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 15 Primary Sources Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan (1877), ‘Podrobnaja prog…

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Podcast episode 14: The emergence of phonetics in the 19th century 24:41

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In this interview, we talk to Michael Ashby about the emergence and development of phonetics in the 19th and early 20th century. https://hiphilangsci.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/hiphilangsci_015_int.mp3 Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767962 References for Episode 14 Primary Sources Brücke, Ernst W…

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Podcast episode 13: Interview with John Joseph on Saussure 22:30

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In this interview, we talk to John Joseph about Ferdinand de Saussure. https://hiphilangsci.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/hiphilangsci_013_int.mp3 Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767939 References for Episode 13 Primary Sources Arnauld, Antoine and Claude Lancelot (1660), Grammaire générale et raison…

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Podcast episode 12: Language as a system – Ferdinand de Saussure 25:21

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In this episode, we look at Ferdinand de Saussure’s contributions to linguistics, which are widely considered to be foundational to the later movement of structuralism. https://hiphilangsci.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/hiphilangsci_012_epi.mp3 Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Archive DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4767891 References for Ep…

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