HeyJaredLanguage Therapy with Dr. K
Language Therapy with Dr. K explores language in the Armenian context. Discover the quirky nuances, fun, and frustrations of language, as Dr. Shushan Karapetian delves into conversations about immigration, diaspora, shame, bilingualism, culture, heritage, and so much more.
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Speaking the Wrong Armenian: Language, Belonging, and the Freedom to Play (opens the original)
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What happens when the language you inherit is not the language of the place you have come to think of as home? And what does it mean to be told—implicitly or explicitly—that the Armenian you speak is somehow the wrong one? Dr. K sits down with poet and creative producer Nyree Abrahamian to trace a linguistic life that moves from Western Armenian in Toronto to Eastern Armenian in Yerevan, with English, French, dialect, and plenty of mixing along the way. Their conversation explores what happens w
Armenian Orthography: History, Reform, and Evidence (opens the original)
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Why do Armenians write the same language differently? Why do debates over spelling evoke such strong emotions? And what can linguistic scholarship reveal about one of Armenian's most enduring controversies? In this episode, Dr. K continues her conversation with historical and comparative linguist Dr. Hrach Martirosyan, one of the world's leading specialists on the history of Armenian, to explore the evolution of Armenian orthography—the shared conventions that govern how a language is written. D
Performing Belonging: The Psychology of Heritage Language Anxiety (opens the original)
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How can someone who speaks a dozen languages still struggle to speak the one that feels most personal? Why can a heritage language carry emotional burdens that no foreign language ever does? Dr. K is joined by literary critic, translator, poet, and curator Christopher Atamian—a Harvard graduate, Fulbright Fellow, and award-winning translator of Armenian and French literature into English—to explore the psychology of heritage language anxiety. Together they discuss multilingualism, family expecta
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