Language with Chu

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K2CFcISAb98

Quizz de perception orale Amusez-vous à voir si votre oreille est bonne en français ! Bon courage, et dites-moi comment ça s'est passé ! :-)

Language Complexity... is Complicated Why bother with complexity, and how to measure it

If you had to guess, would you say that all languages of the world are equally complex?

Language Complexity, Prejudices and Political Correctness Are all languages equally complex?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA9xEhMbHno&t=134s

Self-Talk: How to Rewire your Brain with Language This is a summary with commentary of the book by Shad Helmstetter, “What to Say when You Talk to Yourself”. A nice book full of good tips on how to talk to o...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmRuN6tXvDs

Gender Neutral Pronouns - Why? Let's discuss gender-neutral pronouns from a linguistic perspective. Are they useful and efficient? How do different languages use gender pronouns? How shoul...

Is language a module? One of the mysteries of language is whether, as Noam Chomsky and many others claim, language is a “module” residing in our brain, or not. This video summariz...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDtDq3CO1iU

Language Origins and Complexity – Part 7: What does Language Do? And now we explore all the functions that language fulfills. Our lives would be so empty without it! Language is constantly helping us communicate, understan...

I'm back! This one may be a bit more "nerdy", but it explains some things about language that you may never have thought about. You're a genius for speaking any language! ;-)

Language Origins and Complexity – Part 6: A huge set of skills combined If you are a language nerd, you will like this one! How many parts of our bodies do we need to produce speech? Which is the only floating bone in our body, a...

If you are planning on learning a new language this year, or perfecting the one(s) you already know, I recommend this conference. I'm familiar with several of the speakers, and can tell you that they know their stuff. It's not by chance that some of them are real polyglots.

The New Year - New Language Summit Making Your Multilingual Resolutions Come True

Part 5. I recorded it a while ago, so I didn't think of wearing a Christmas hat. But I hope these crazy mainstream theories make you chuckle a bit if you happen to watch during the holidays. 🙂

Language Complexity - Part 5: Funny Theories of Language Evolution Have you ever heard of the “ta-ta” or the “yo-he-ho” theories of language evolution? These and several others started off as jokes, yet, you can find them me...