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 …
A picture is worth a thousand words.
But the task of figuring out what’s going on in a picture has left computers speechless — until now. New language tech is making it happen. But what are the ethical issues connected …
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…
When writers need advice, they turn to editors, and Nicholas Hudson is a formidable presence in the editing world.
But how does his advice stack up linguistically? And what do Australian writers need to know?
Author and editor Nicholas Hudson…
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 …
Auslan is one of Australia’s most popular signed languages.
But how many of us know it? And what is communication like for Deaf speakers in the wider society?
Auslan advocate and Young Australian of the Year Drisana Levitzke-Gray joins Daniel …
Rap is the music of the street. And now it’s on campus.
Linguist Darin Flynn has created a university linguistics class that puts rap lyrics on the syllabus. What can hip-hop poets tell us about language?
Dr Flynn tells Daniel …
Does Bigfoot use language?
Can your brain understand a message if it’s backwards?
We don’t always understand how language works, so it’s natural that myths and legends about language should arise. Now a new book “Language Myths, Mysteries, and Magic” …
Many people talk about language revitalisation, but some people are doing something about it.
Perth musicians Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse have released a new album Kalyakoorl, written in the Noongar language of Western Australia, and it’s bringing the …
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