Is there anything to the story of the Tower of Babel?
It’s a legend about why human languages are so different. So was there really only one human language a long time ago? Maybe — but how does this match …
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226: Shakespeare in Translation 2 (featuring Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Migdalia Cruz, and Taylor Mac)
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has commissioned all Shakespeare’s plays to be translated into contemporary English.
But how does one go about updating the words of the Bard? Does this task belong to playwrights, or to linguists?
Linguist Daniel Midgley speaks …
Shakespeare’s plays have been with us for 400 years. Is it time for an update?
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has commissioned all the Bard’s plays to be translated into contemporary English. How will this work? And what’s the reaction?
Oregon …
For babies, learning language seems like child’s play.
But new research is showing us that there’s a lot going on in there, with contributions from brain, body, and memory. How does it all work?
Linguist Daniel Midgley bundles it all …
Just how far back in history does the F-word go?
Further than we thought. A historian has discovered evidence that pushes the term back by hundreds of years. Meanwhile, researchers are finding which swears are most popular where.
Linguist Daniel …
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 …
Does climate affect language?
A linguist has found that tone languages appear in regions of high humidity. But the idea that human speech adapts to the environment is not a popular one. So what’s going on?
Daniel Midgley speaks with …
Where did Indo-European come from?
It’s a controversial question that has set linguist against linguist for generations. But now DNA evidence is providing clues.
Linguist Luisa Miceli is in the studio with Daniel and Ben on this episode of Talk …
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