Podcast episode 52: Gereon Müller on Lanes to Language

In this interview, Gereon Müller discusses his new book Lanes to Language, which unites the worlds of history of linguistics and cycling.

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Intro and outro: Bach, Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, Prelude. Recording from Wikipedia.

References for Episode 52

Helbig, Gerhard, and Joachim Buscha. 19721. Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. Leipzig: Verlag Enzyklopädie.

Müller, Gereon. 2025. Lanes to Language: Linguistic bike rides in and around Leipzig. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag. http://home.uni-leipzig.de/muellerg/rad/lingride.pdf

Wundt, Wilhelm. 1900–1920. Völkerpsychologie. Eine Untersuchung der Entwicklungsgesetze von Sprache, Mythos und Sitte, 10 vols. Leipzig: Engelmann.

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