Have you ever been in love? And if you could send a message to outer space, what message would it be? We’ll use these questions to guide us through an exploration of the evolution of language, music, intimacy and transformation. The book I discuss in this episode is Steven Mithen’s The singing Neanderthals: The origins of music, language, mind and body. The story I read in this episode is ‘<a href= "https://grammarfordreamers.com/2022/08/24/messages/">Messages</a>’, available on <a href= "https://grammarfordreamers.com/">grammarfordreamers.com</a>. Take my free course, ‘Writing through the Lens of Language’, to explore the experiential aspects of ‘inhabiting language’ in more detail: <a href= "http://bit.ly/lensoflanguage">bit.ly/lensoflanguage</a> Join my Patreon community for more linguistic inspiration: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/jodieclark">https://www.patreon.com/jodieclark</a> Follow me on Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/grammarfordreamers/">@grammarfordreamers</a>, Facebook <a href= "http://www.facebook.com/Grammarfordreamers/">www.facebook.com/Grammarfordreamers/</a> or Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/jodieclarkling">@jodieclarkling</a> Subscribe on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/structured-visions/id1577481686">Apple podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0FuAjqK9g2eWKyZulNeMoe?si=g74tqwUlRUWe7r5wYtqYjQ&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1">Spotify</a> or wherever you like to listen. Rate, review, tell your friends!

Episode 79 Possession, duality and other grammatical mysteries

Linguist Jodie Clark explores creative ways of imagining social transformation.