About this episode
The episode explores the fears of adulthood through conversations with final-year university students and the role of linguistics in addressing those fears.
Conversations with final-year university students has brought back all the fears that I had in my mid- to late twenties about having to be a grown up. The secret to soothing those fears for me was… studying linguistics. More specifically, it was ‘like’ and stuff like that (discourse markers and general extenders). If you’re curious … Continue reading Episode 108 Adulting, and stuff like that
Topics covered
- society
- culture
- education
- philosophy
Keywords
- adulting
- linguistics
- discourse markers
- general extenders
- final-year university students
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Adulting
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