Podcast Episodes featuring Anne Curzan

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Ep 33: Anne Curzan Talks Grammar and the Flexibility of Language

Adam Ruins Everything - August 16, 2017 22:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Professor Anne Curzan, who is this week's podcast guest, says it's normal to notice dialectical differences between different communities but we shouldn't shame people for talking as they do.

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How the rapid evolution of words affects us with language historian Anne Curzan

Grow Big Always - August 08, 2016 14:14 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 84 ratings
Language used to evolve slowly back when we were far-flung. Wide-spread human contact was made through one civilization taking over another. That’s drastically different, today. New words can take over the planet literally in minutes. While that speed is incredible, it’s even more so when you sto...

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Anne Curzan, “Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History” (Cambridge UP, 2014)

New Books Network - September 29, 2014 13:32 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratings
Language change is like a river. When people tell you how to use language, and how not to use it, they’re attempting to build a dam that will put a stop to linguistic change. But all such efforts are bound to fail, and the river will sweep away anything that’s put in its path. At least, that’s t...