Affirmations: A Linguistic Perspective

In this episode, I take a linguistic lens to consider the role and implications of birth affirmations. REFERENCES: Austin, J.L. (2014). How to do things with words. In Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.), The discourse reader (pp. 51-61). New York, NY: Routledge. Butler, J. (1997). On linguistic vulnerability. In J. Butler, Excitable speech: A politics of the performative (pp. 1-41). New York, NY: Routledge. Goffman, E. (1981). Forms of talk (pp. 124-159). Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Meyer, C. F. (2009). Introducing English linguistics. Cambridge, GB: Cambridge University Press. Searle, J. (1972). What is a speech act? In P. P. Giglioli (Ed.), Language and social context: Selected readings (pp. 136-154). Harmondsworth: Penguin

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Birth worker Sara Pixton draws on her backgrounds in applied linguistics and social work to explore the power of words during the childbearing season and how we can all come together to better care for and honor those who give birth.