Podcast episode 27: Interview with Peter Trudgill on sociolinguistic typology

In this interview, we talk to Peter Trudgill about how the structure of speaker communities may influence the structure of languages.
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References for Episode 27
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Transcript by Luca Dinu
JMc: Hi, I’m James McElvenny, and you’re listening to the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences Podcast, online at hiphilangsci.net. [00:18] There you can find links and references to all the literature we discuss. [00:23] Our exciting mini-series on contact linguistics reaches a dramatic climax in this episode, where we talk to Peter Trudgill about his work on sociolinguistic typology and language complexity. [00:35] Over...