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@lingthusiasm

A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by @GretchenAMcC and @superlinguo. 'Joyously nerdy' -Buzzfeed.
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lingthusiasm.com Joined June 2016
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Wait, surprise is associated with a particular intonation!? Oh, you can see surprise by measuring electricity from your brain!? Hang on, some languages have grammatical marking for surprise!?

In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about surprise!

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soundcloud.com 111: Whoa!! A surprise episode??? For me??!! Wait, surprise is associated with a particular intonation!? Oh, you can see surprise by measuring electricity from your brain!? Hang on, some languages have grammatical marking for surprise!? In thi
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A book containing puzzling drawings and a strange writing system has intrigued cryptographers, historians, linguists, and more for centuries...

In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the mysterious Voynich Manuscript with Dr Claire Bowern!

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www.patreon.com Bonus 106: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript - Interview with Claire Bowern | Lingthusiasm In the 1600s, an antique book is recorded in an alchemist's library in Prague, containing intriguing but puzzling drawings, like plants with