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Podcast: Science Quickly
Episode: Dissecting the Linguistic Patterns of Kamala Harris
Description: The Democratic presidential ticket has literally diverse voices. While Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech is influenced by her Californian origins, the way Minnesota governor Tim Walz talks reflects his roots in Nebraska. In our podcast, linguist Nicole Holliday expands on her viral TikTok analyses of Harris’s speech patterns and the ideological stereotypes we attach to pronunciation and intonation. Recommended reading:Watch one of Holliday’s viral TikToksBilingualism Is Reworking This Language’s Rainbow Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows E-mail us at [email protected] i...