Playlist

Talks for people who love words

As Wittgenstein wrote, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." Watch talks by linguists, data analysts and word nerds.

Anne Curzan

What makes a word "real"?

Terry Moore

Why is 'x' the unknown?

Parul Sehgal

An ode to envy

Steven Pinker

What our language habits reveal

John McWhorter

Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

Jean-Baptiste Michel + Erez Lieberman Aiden

What we learned from 5 million books

Erin McKean

The joy of lexicography

Luis von Ahn

Massive-scale online collaboration

Stephen Burt

Why people need poetry

Alan Siegel

Let's simplify legal jargon!

Jill Shargaa

Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'