Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Linguist behind realistic prescriptivism and Israeli language theory
Episodes
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#5227: Who Decides What Hebrew Words Mean?Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language can coin words the state must use — but it can't make anyone say them. Why 10 million speakers might be the... -
#3476: When Hebrew Became a Living Language AgainThe strange in-between period when a dead language was being invented in real time by children on playgrounds. -
#1982: The Impossible Task of Controlling a Living LanguageHow a government board tries to standardize Hebrew while the public invents words on the fly.