Slate Presents Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley #10: One Giant Leap for Humanity

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the he said/she said of the epicene pronoun.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss how a simple quirk of grammar may affect the way we think.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what it means for language to have gender.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the big ambitions of the word "so."

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:50:37 +0000

Mike announces a batch of brand new episodes.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:50:00 +0000

Mike Vuolo talks to "Word Freak" author Stefan Fatsis about the nature of language in Scrabble.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:08:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to author David Skinner about his book, The Story of Ain't, which will be published in the fall of 2012.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the vernacular wrapped in a dialect inside a language that some call Ebonics.

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the hypercorrected incorrectness of "between you and I."

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:06:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the evolution of the word "faggot."

slatelexiconvalley@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:05:00 +0000

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the longstanding English language proscription against ending a sentence with a preposition.