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Tag: culturomics

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2754: Culturomics

Dr. Krešimir Josić

Posted on August 9, 2023 · Episode: 2754 Culturomics. Today, let’s talk about how to model culture.

Tags culturomics data-mining linguistics Social Sciences statistics

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1065: Alphabet

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 12, 2023 · Episode: 1065 Inventing the alphabet — sowing progress and chaos. Today, we invent the alphabet — and we sow seeds of discord.

Tags cuneiform hieroglyphics jaynes language linguistics phoenicians speech stoichiometry sumerian writing

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1064: Words

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 11, 2023 · Episode: 1064 Words: not always a helpful reduction of language. Today, a concern about words.

Tags alphabet linguistics philology speech twain writing

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2724: Let’s Be Pedants

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 25, 2023 · Episode: 2724 Let’s be pedants — well, insofar as language allows. Today, let’s be pedants.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2580: Esperanto Incubus

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 22, 2023 · Episode: 2580 A movie in Esperanto: William Shatner stars in Incubus. Today, a movie in Esperanto.

Tags Avatar Esperanto Hitler Incubus movie Klingon linguistics Navi Star Trek synthetic language William Shatner

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