Archive for June, 2006
Dave Shepherd and Howard Shepherd try not to run their words together as they discuss slurring and elision in spoken language.
Responses to listener emails. Howard was recently a guest on EatFeed. (1:51)
Dysarthria: pathological elision (9:47)
Elision as an agent of language change: “everyday” elision and “expedient” elision (11:24)
Music bumper from by “Telepop” by The Jerrys (17:47)
Elision […]
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Dave and Barbara Shepherd explore the language of wine. Recently, along with Julie and Mark of Washington TravelCast, they toured some Virginia wineries. (Website photos by Dave)
How to talk about the qualities of wine (3:50)
Interviews: John Fitter of Piedmont Vineyards and Winery and Rick Tagg of Pearmund Cellars talk about how they describe wine. (4:33)
Music […]
Dave Shepherd and Howard Chang discuss greetings and partings at the end of the school year, when they must say good-bye to a lot of people.
The functions of greetings and partings (1:50)
Music bumper from by “Goodbye, Good Luck, Good Riddance” by The Joel Lightman Band (18:26)
Idioms of greeting and parting (19:03)
Song: “Turn Around and Say […]
Dave Shepherd and Howard Shepherd discuss hyperbole and exaggeration. (It’s the best podcast ever!)
Dave talks a bit about our changeover to our new blog site (1:51)
Howard and Dave explore the etymologies of “hyperbole” and “exaggeration” and discuss why speakers tend to exaggerate. (4:01)
Comic uses of hyperbole (10:45)
Music bumper from by “Bongo Booty” by Vincent […]