Lexis Podcast
@lexispodcast.bsky.social
A podcast about English Language and Linguistics aimed at students in the UK.
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We talk about WOTYs past, present (and future yet to come), including 'rage bait', 'parasocial', 'AI slop', 'clanker', 'Kavanaugh stop', 'enshittification', 'podcast', 'selfie', 'fascism'... oh and '6-7'. Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Episode 78 - John Kelly and 2025's Words of the Year
Show notes for Episode 78 Welcome to episode 78 of Lexis in which Raj & Dan talk to John Kelly, former head of content at Dictionary.com, previous contributor to Merriam-Webster and Oxford Dictionari...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We talk about WOTYs past, present (and future yet to come), including 'rage bait', 'parasocial', 'AI slop', 'clanker', 'Kavanaugh stop', 'enshittification', 'podcast', 'selfie', 'fascism'... oh and '6-7'. Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We talk to @lynneguist.bsky.social about the supposed 'Americanisation' of young British people's vocabulary, media scares and why we should approach news stories like these with some criticality. Show notes and links are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Episode 77 - Lynne Murphy and the 'Americanisation' of young people's English
Show notes for Episode 77 Welcome to episode 77 of Lexis in which Raj & Dan talk to Lynne Murphy, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex about a flurry of recent news stories about chil...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We talk to @lynneguist.bsky.social about the supposed 'Americanisation' of young British people's vocabulary, media scares and why we should approach news stories like these with some criticality. Show notes and links are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We also have a Lang in the News segment on some more inclusive language stories. Oh joy! The show notes are here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Episode 76 - Dani Yin & Cheryl Wakslak on gender & exclamation marks
Show notes for Episode 76 Welcome to episode 76 of Lexis which features Raj & Dan (and guest interviewer & friend of the pod, Amanda Cole) talking about gender and exclamation marks in digital commun...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We also have a Lang in the News segment on some more inclusive language stories. Oh joy! The show notes are here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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@christianilbury.bsky.social is another recent addition to the Starter Pack, and joined @brynnquick.bsky.social for an interview earlier this year to discuss his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide. A great discussion!
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Researching Language and Digital Communication
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Christian Ilbury about his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide, published by Routledge. The book is an introduction to research on l…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@christianilbury.bsky.social is another recent addition to the Starter Pack, and joined @brynnquick.bsky.social for an interview earlier this year to discuss his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide. A great discussion!
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
Thanks Veronika, will have a look.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Thanks Veronika, will have a look.
Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Episode 75 - Attitudes to Teachers' Accents
Show notes for Episode 75 Welcome back to Lexis. This is episode 75 and it’s a bumper edition. We pick up on a recent survey of teachers by Teacher Tapp about teachers’ accents and run with it… We t...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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