14: Word Jail (with Ian Cushing) - a podcast by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

Schools are banning words and policing language. It may be a well-meaning attempt to encourage good language habits, but it also perpetuates troubling language ideologies that may be harming the very students that schools are committed to educate.

Linguist Ian Cushing tells us about his findings.

Further episodes of Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Further podcasts by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

Website of Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård