Ep. 017 — Language and Culture (w/ Hwitgeard)

From the Kulture Dads Podcast Archive: Episode 017 — Language and Culture (w/ Hwitgeard)

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Episode Description:

Mike and Dave welcome Hwitgeard to the show and draw on his deep well of knowledge about language to work out just how language interacts with culture. Which is upstream of which? How do languages interact with race? Is Sapir-Whorf based or cringe? Let's find out!

Timestamps:

00:00 — Introduction & Language as Cultural Inheritance
09:31 — Old English vs. Latin: Which Is Easier for Modern Learners?
15:36 — Idioms, Irregularities, and Outsider Detection in Language
20:06 — Ancient Languages and the Traditional Worldview
32:04 — The Grammar Collapse of English Through Globalization
34:01 — Gender, Pronouns, and the Mystical View of Language
39:05 — Case System Examples: Old vs. Modern English Structures
52:03 — Time Perception and Linguistic Relativity
01:00:21 — Language Shapes Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
01:13:14 — Personal Reflections: Language as a Red-Pill Moment

Tags:
#languageandculture #oldenglish #linguistics #latinvsenglish #grammarsystem
#culturalidentity #tradition #languageevolution #languageandthought #indoeuropeanlanguages #kulturedads