Do you know where your data is?
Language researchers can learn a lot from publicly available internet data. But what are the ethical issues surrounding the collection and use of this information? What about data that comes from home assistants? Does it …
It’s time once again to dig into our overflowing mailbag.
We’re on our customary mid-year hiatus, but Daniel’s still having a great time in the studio, taking your questions, playing tracks, and talking about whatever’s happening in the world of language.
We’re thinking of putting together a best-of for the …
Dictionaries don’t just write themselves, you know. And lexicographers have some pretty cool tricks to do what they do.
How do they spot new words? And how can their definitions influence our lives?
We’re talking to lexicographer Jane Solomon on …
It’s a Talk the Talk live show!
We’re working together with Pint of Science to bring science to the pub. But we’re not alone — we’ve got early-career researchers Amy Budrikis and Troy Reynolds to talk about their work in …
It’s another dive into the Mailbag.
What’s the hardest language to lip read? Why do we say but at the end of sentences? And what can you call the non-binary parent in your life?
Daniel, Kylie, and Ben…
Standardised English is important, but how do we encourage students with diverse language backgrounds?
One answer is translanguaging, and it’s supposed to be a step above code-switching. But what does it look like in class?
Daniel, Ben, …
How do we keep mother languages alive?
Governments, organisations, and the public are starting to recognise the importance of maintaining home languages as a way of preserving language diversity. But how do we do this? Where are we falling short?…
The Talk the Talk team takes the stage in a special live episode at the Disrupted Festival.
The Yawuru language of Western Australia has been going dormant, but many courageous teachers are bringing it back for a new generation. …
We love taking questions, and for this episode, we’ve got a lot of them.
What’s behind the things we say, and why is language the way it is? Is calling someone a drop-kick secretly obscene? Why does Germany have so …
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