The Strategic Linguist
The Strategic Linguist, Furensic Linguist Edith, Elina, Des KennedyRevealing how language shapes power, markets, and competitive advantage | linguistic analysis from workplace dynamics to global strategy
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 82 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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The Story Behind My Logo
My brilliant friend and artist, Melissa Joseph, is why I’m even on Substack in the first place.
I remember her telling me about Substack as a way for her to know what shows to see because there are a lot of writers on here that review art...
Behind The Language featuring Dr Edith Podovnik
Welcome to the first in this series. The first Edith-tion, as it were
I found Edith on Substack in the first few weeks I started. I was so excited to see another linguist outside of grad school, writing about linguistics on Substack so oth...
The Linguistic Hierarchy of Substack: Linguistics Unfiltered
Subscriber count is the linguistic hierarchy on Substack, for me. I think Bourdieu would agree.
I’ve dedicated 52 weeks, over 45,000 words, to showing how power shows up in language, I must’ve learned a thing or two by now, right?
We don’...
The Speech Community Trap: How Shared Language Closes the Room
Mental Model #8 From: How Product Language Shapes the Gap Between Institution and User, Jun 29 2026
The Double Register: How Workplace Power Now Compounds Itself
Picture a team meeting. Someone makes a comment about a colleague’s accent — not a slur, nothing disciplinable, just a brief impression. The room moves on. Later, the same colleague submits a report drafted partly with AI assistance; their...
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Decoding the grammar of power. Applying business strategy with pragmatics & sociolinguistics to expose how authority is constructed across corporate & AI ecosystems. Views my own, not my employer’s.
Unlocking language & communication for you — purring with cattitude to make you smile.\ud83d\ude38It's linguistics through the lens of a cat lover. \ud83d\ude3b I have a PhD in Dialectology and am the author of "Purrieties of Language. How We Talk about Cats Online". \ud83d\udc3e
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