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Journal Entry 3- Lingthusiasm Podcast–Love and Fury at the Linguistics of Emotions

                                                                     Fig. 1. Still from Lingthusiasm.                     Lingthusiasm is a podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics and is hosted by Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch.   According to Lingthusiasm, “Emotions are a universal part of the human experience, but the specific ways we express them are mediated through language.”          Gawne and McCulloch then share how different languages express emotions, although the expression of l...