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Podcast Profile: History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences

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45 episodes
2019 to 2024
Median: 24 minutes
Collection: Philosophy


Description (podcaster-provided):

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences explores the history of the study of language in its varied social and cultural contexts.


Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ History of linguistics • Philosophy of language • Linguistic theories and movements • Influential linguists • Sociolinguistics • Language and politics • Language documentation • Linguistic phenomena exploration

The podcast "History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences" explores various aspects of linguistic study throughout history, with a focus on the social and cultural contexts that have shaped modern linguistics. The series delves into significant historical movements, influential figures, and groundbreaking theories that have contributed to the development of linguistic thought.

Across the episodes, listeners will find discussions on the evolution of linguistic theories, such as formalism, distributionalism, and structuralism. The podcast examines the work of prominent linguists and thinkers, including Ferdinand de Saussure, Leonard Bloomfield, and Noam Chomsky, and considers their enduring impact on the field. Additionally, the series addresses the intersections between linguistics and other disciplines, such as anthropology, psychology, and politics.

The podcast also features interviews with scholars who provide insights into niche areas of linguistic study, such as the documentation of North American languages, language reclamation and revival, and the application of Charles Sanders Peirce's ideas in Peircean linguistics. Conversations with experts shed light on the methodologies underpinning linguistic research, including conversation analysis, ethnomethodology, and the role of ideologies in shaping linguistic theory.

Listeners interested in the historical trajectory of linguistics will encounter topics ranging from the Neogrammarians and their critics to the early days of comparative-historical linguistics and the Boasian approach to language study. The series also considers the challenges faced by linguistic research under different sociopolitical regimes, illustrating how the field adapts and responds to various external influences.

Overall, this podcast presents a nuanced exploration of the historical and philosophical dimensions of language sciences, offering listeners a comprehensive understanding of the factors that have shaped contemporary linguistic thought.


Episodes:
Episode Image Podcast episode 43: Judy Kaplan on universals
2024-Nov-30
27 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 42: Randy Harris on the Linguistics Wars
2024-Oct-31
30 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 41: Chris Knight on Chomsky, science and politics
2024-Aug-31
25 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 40: Interview with Nick Riemer on politics, linguistics and ideology
2024-May-31
27 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 39: Interview with Ingrid Piller on Life in a New Language
2024-Apr-30
26 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 38: Interview with Dan Everett on C.S. Peirce and Peircean linguistics
2024-Mar-31
23 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 37: Interview with Michael Lynch on conversation analysis and ethnomethodology
2024-Feb-29
27 minutes
Episode Image Podcast housekeeping December 2023
2023-Nov-30
1 minute
Episode Image Podcast episode 36: Interview with Ghil‘ad Zuckermann on revivalistics
2023-Sep-30
30 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 35: Interview with Nick Thieberger on historical documentation and archiving
2023-Jul-31
22 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 34: Interview with Mary Laughren on Central Australia languages and Ken Hale
2023-Jun-30
24 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 33: Formalism and distributionalism
2023-May-31
21 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 32: Leonard Bloomfield and behaviourism
2023-Apr-30
20 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 31: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
2023-Mar-31
30 minutes
Episode Image Podcast housekeeping April 2023
2023-Mar-31
2 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 30: Interview with Andrew Garrett on Alfred Kroeber
2022-Nov-30
34 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 29: Interview with Marcin Kilarski on the study of North American languages
2022-Oct-31
17 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 28: Franz Boas and the Boasians
2022-Sep-30
28 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 27: Interview with Peter Trudgill on sociolinguistic typology
2022-Jul-31
29 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 26: Interview with Philipp Krämer on creoles and creole studies
2022-Jun-30
25 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 25: Interview with Felicity Meakins on contact linguistics
2022-May-31
27 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 24: Interview with Lorenzo Cigana on the Copenhagen Circle
2022-Mar-31
26 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 23: Interview with Noam Chomsky on the beginnings of generative grammar
2022-Feb-28
26 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 22: Interview with Christopher Hutton on linguistics under National Socialism
2022-Jan-31
20 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 21: Karl Bühler’s Organon model and the Prague Circle
2021-Dec-31
29 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 20: Interview with Jacqueline Léon on Firth, Malinowski and the London School
2021-Nov-30
21 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 19: Meaning and British linguistics – Firth, Malinowski and the context of situation
2021-Oct-31
27 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 18: Interview with H. Walter Schmitz on Victoria Lady Welby
2021-Sep-30
22 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 17: Philipp Wegener and the beginnings of functionalism
2021-Aug-31
23 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 16: Interview with Chloé Laplantine on Émile Benveniste
2021-Jun-30
17 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 15: Roman Jakobson, Prague Circle structuralism and phonology
2021-May-31
26 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 14: The emergence of phonetics in the 19th century
2021-Mar-31
24 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 13: Interview with John Joseph on Saussure
2021-Feb-28
22 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 12: Language as a system – Ferdinand de Saussure
2021-Jan-31
25 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 11: Interview with Floris Solleveld on disciplinary linguistics in the 19th century
2020-Nov-30
25 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 10: Neogrammarian critics – Hugo Schuchardt and Karl Vossler
2020-Oct-31
22 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 9: The Neogrammarians
2020-Sep-30
20 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 8: Language as an institution – William Dwight Whitney
2020-Aug-31
20 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 7: Interview with Clara Stockigt on missionary grammars in Australia
2020-Jun-29
31 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 6: Schleicher’s morphology and Steinthal’s Völkerpsychologie
2020-May-30
22 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 5: Comparativism in the mid-19th century – August Schleicher and materialism
2020-Apr-29
21 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 4: Interview with Jürgen Trabant on Wilhelm von Humboldt
2020-Mar-30
34 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 3: Language classification
2020-Feb-29
19 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 2: Comparative-historical linguistics – Bopp and Grimm
2020-Jan-31
20 minutes
Episode Image Podcast episode 1: Pre-history of comparative-historical linguistics
2019-Dec-30
17 minutes