Phonology (LINGUISTICS) with Nicole Holliday

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Vocal fry. Code switching. Black Twitter. Valley girls. Culture vultures. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TALKING. Alie battles traffic to sit down with linguistics professor Dr. Nicole Holliday about intonational phonology: how tones and pitch help us bond with others and construct identities. Inspired in part by former President Barack Obama's masterful linguistic variability, Dr. Holliday's work focuses on how language is used in the crossing and construction of racial/ethnic boundaries. She graciously fielded tons of questions for a fascinating dive into the nuances and strict grammatical rules of African American Language, cultural appropriation, our educational system, honoring your identity, what not to wear in Paris and the roiling debate over who is the best rapper. Also: Alie is maybe a lizard person.

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0:00.0	Oh hi, hi!
0:02.5	It's your weird co-worker, the one who brings in lemons from their tree, but also sometimes
0:07.8	microwave's fish.
0:09.6	Alleyboard for another episode of Oligies.
0:12.8	Okay, so guess what I'm doing now.
0:14.4	I'm using a big glob of fat and nerves that I keep in a bone bowl behind my eyes to make
0:21.3	noises to represent my thoughts.
0:24.1	And then I beam those grunts to a satellite using invisible data transmission.
0:28.9	And then your nervy fat glob is like, totally, yeah, I get it.
0:33.1	So my brain to your brain, it's magic people.
0:36.6	So today we're going to be speaking about speaking.
0:38.9	I'm pumped as heck about it.
0:40.5	But first, let's grant about you.
0:42.6	So hello to all the new listeners who heard about Oligies through my friends on Forever
0:46.1	35 and Chris Hardwick's ID-10T podcasts.
0:49.7	Welcome to the dusty clubhouse of Oligites.
0:54.0	Come on in.
0:55.4	But thank you to everyone who's out there in the world starting about in wears from
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1:04.6	A tip of the cap to all of the patrons who submit questions for the podcast and support
1:10.8	the podcast for as little as $0.25 an episode.
1:14.4	My heart is that cheap.
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