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Episode 64 The intimacy embedded in language
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In this episode we explore the idea that intimacy is embedded in the structure of language, and that this same intimacy is embedded in the structure of life.
We challenge the idea that languages are made of words, as does a character in my short story, ‘The words of your language’, which was published in issue 13 of After Happy Hour Review.
We play the ‘think of a word’ game, which shows up on pages 7-8 of my screenplay, Grammar for Dreamers.
We learn from Ed Yong’s article in The Atlantic about the role of membranes in the origin of life.
And we hear how Coyote tricked human beings into believing that language started with them, and that they’re the only ones who possess it in my fable called ‘Coyote’s trick’.
We ask this question, which comes from Grammar for Dreamers (p. 36):
‘What if language was not the endpoint of the earth’s evolution, but rather, its starting point? What if language was what the earth has always been doing?’
And finally, we explore the flipside of intimacy: hierarchy, domination, colonisation.
Are you enjoying these episodes? Would you like to hear more? Subscribe on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. For additional content, follow me on Instagram, where I regularly post videos sharing bits of linguistic geekery that delight me: @grammarfordreamers
Listen to Episode 64: The Intimacy Embedded in Language.
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Manage episode 296387536 series 1105768
In this episode we explore the idea that intimacy is embedded in the structure of language, and that this same intimacy is embedded in the structure of life.
We challenge the idea that languages are made of words, as does a character in my short story, ‘The words of your language’, which was published in issue 13 of After Happy Hour Review.
We play the ‘think of a word’ game, which shows up on pages 7-8 of my screenplay, Grammar for Dreamers.
We learn from Ed Yong’s article in The Atlantic about the role of membranes in the origin of life.
And we hear how Coyote tricked human beings into believing that language started with them, and that they’re the only ones who possess it in my fable called ‘Coyote’s trick’.
We ask this question, which comes from Grammar for Dreamers (p. 36):
‘What if language was not the endpoint of the earth’s evolution, but rather, its starting point? What if language was what the earth has always been doing?’
And finally, we explore the flipside of intimacy: hierarchy, domination, colonisation.
Are you enjoying these episodes? Would you like to hear more? Subscribe on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. For additional content, follow me on Instagram, where I regularly post videos sharing bits of linguistic geekery that delight me: @grammarfordreamers
Listen to Episode 64: The Intimacy Embedded in Language.
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