Best Language & linguistics Videos
「Language & linguistics」下面有84部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象:入门1部,适合还没学过的人;进阶3部,适合已经懂术语的人;普通向80部,按兴趣就能看;更硬的0部,留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解,所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括Tom Scott、TEDx Talks、CGP Grey。目录给这个主题划的范围是:Language: linguistics, etymology, name origins, pronunciation, English history, language learning, translation, writing systems, dialects, constructed languages, onomastics.如果只看三部,就从《George Lakoff: Moral Politics》开始,它负责把问题讲出画面;然后看《Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language》,换一种讲法或例子;最后看《What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners》,留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开,顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月,不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明,用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看,把引用当成只是拿来举例,把批评留下来对照,不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。

The Concept of Language (Noam Chomsky)
Noam Chomsky talks with the University of Washington's Upon Reflection about how languages change over time, why a national language is a modern idea, and how language is a system of communication rooted in human nature.

Gender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them
Tom Scott argues that grammatical gender is a silly concept and that the singular 'they' is an established gender-neutral pronoun.

How to write cuneiform with Irving Finkel and @preservethings I Curator's Corner S4 Ep9
British Museum curator Irving Finkel teaches how to write cuneiform, with a colleague following along.

Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University)
David and Ben Crystal introduce the Original Pronunciation production of Shakespeare and show what it reveals about the history of English, including puns and rhymes lost in modern speech.

w
jan Misali traces the history of the letter W, including why it is called double u.

Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426
Lex Fridman interviews MIT psycholinguist Edward Gibson on human language, syntax, grammar and how large language models relate to them.

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part 2) | WIRED
Dialect coach Erik Singer tours a range of accents across North America with linguists in Part 2 of WIRED's accent series.

Vocal Fry: what it is, who does it, and why people hate it!
Linguist Geoff Lindsey explores vocal fry: what it is, who uses it, how it relates to glottal stops and accents, and why some people dislike it.

Hacker Interviews: Larry Wall
Jonathan Schiefer interviews Larry Wall, creator of Perl, in a 33-minute conversation.

Why “No Problem” Can Seem Rude: Phatic Expressions
Tom Scott explains phatic expressions such as hello, thank you and how are you, which carry social meaning rather than information, and why replies like no problem can seem rude to some people.

Rhyme: Why Eminem is one of the most impressive lyricists ever
A re-upload of a video breaking down Eminem's rhyme schemes, showing multi-syllable and internal rhymes in songs such as Lose Yourself.

Try this bizarre audio illusion! 👁️👂😮 - BBC
A BBC Horizon clip demonstrating the McGurk effect, where the same audio sounds like different syllables depending on the mouth movements you see.

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One) | WIRED
Dialect coach Erik Singer and several linguists tour distinct accents across English-speaking North America.

The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
Peter Pringle sings the opening of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian, accompanied by a reconstructed ancient instrument.

Jake Thackray 'Molly Metcalfe'
Jake Thackray performs the folk song Molly Metcalfe, which opens with an explanation of the traditional northern English sheep-counting system (yan, tan, tethera).

Duolingo -- the next chapter in human computation | Luis von Ahn | TEDxCMU 2011
Luis von Ahn, creator of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, presents Duolingo at TEDxCMU 2011.

George Carlin on Soft Language
A George Carlin stand-up bit from Doin' It Again about soft language and euphemism, showing how softened words hide uncomfortable facts.

The Stuff of Thought | Steven Pinker | Talks at Google
Steven Pinker presents his book The Stuff of Thought at Google in 2007.

One Typo, Wrong Continent
CGP Grey explains why airport codes are inconsistent and sometimes confusing, from their origins in old weather station codes to the quirks that cause mistakes.

George Carlin on soft language
A clip from George Carlin's 1990 special 'Doin' It Again' in which he describes how American English has been sterilized with euphemisms, using examples such as shell shock becoming PTSD.

Can Japanese People Read Chinese? (Mandarin, Simplified)
Yuta, a Japanese YouTuber, tests how much simplified Chinese a Japanese person can read, working with a Mandarin speaker.

George Carlin - Euphemisms & political correctness
A George Carlin routine on euphemisms and political correctness, tracing how shell shock became PTSD.

Can Japanese People Read Chinese? (Kanji)
Yuta, a Japanese YouTuber, explains whether Japanese speakers can read Chinese text.

A Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language
A Fry and Laurie sketch about language, full of absurd phrases and wordplay, which also plays on the distinction between langue and parole.