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Author: Daniel Midgley (page 20 of 41)
Is there anything that all human languages have in common?
With all the diversity in the world’s languages, a true universal is hard to find. But new research has unearthed a principle involving the distances between words, and this discovery …
Language change is all around us — even at department stores.
It’s there that linguist Daniel Midgley travelled to get in touch with a 50-year-old linguistic experiment that changed the world. And it all starts with a question: What’s on …
For this episode, we’re reaching deep into the newsbag, and showing what’s new in the world of linguistics.
What is the War on Women’s Voices? Is a popular toy spouting obscenities? And how did the language of trade floor speculation …
We get a lot of feedback from listeners.
So for this episode, we decided to answer questions, and settle some scores. We even ask the musical question: “How do you alphabetise your music collection?”
All on this episode of Talk …
Typography is more than just font design.
It affects informational readability — and at times, credibility. It’s contributed terms to our language. And sometimes, there are stories of intrigue hidden in its past.
Linguist Daniel Midgley is the font of …
Are you, or have you ever been a bogan?
Bogan English doesn’t get a lot of respect, but one linguist is transcending social boundaries to bring Bogan Linguistics to the world.
Linguist Roz Rowen cracks a tinny with Daniel Midgley…
More and more of us are turning to our phones to learn a new language, or brush up on an old one.
And with so many apps available, there have never been so many ways to learn. But what do …
Everyone seems to use baby talk on babies. And linguists think it helps them learn language.
But a new study says dads don’t do it as much. Does it matter? And what kind of input helps children learn?
Linguist Daniel …
The written word lasts longer than speech, at least in principle.
But what happens when a writing system is lost in the mist of history? Lost writing can be deciphered, but these scripts have resisted all attempts.
Linguist Daniel Midgley…
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