Our listeners have questions, and we have answers.
Why do we say boo? or a whole ‘nother? And our Latin-minded friends have a few questions, as well.
Linguist Daniel Midgley answers them all on this episode of Talk …
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Did the Australian accent appear as a result of drunkenness?
Is texting a sign of declining literacy?
Is business jargon killing English?
Of course not. It’s rubbish. All of it. But when bad linguistics comes to town, few can resist …
Why do words appear the way they do?
Why aren’t words the same in every language?
Sometimes it doesn’t seem to make any sense. But new research shows that maybe language is not as arbitrary as it seems.
Linguist Daniel …
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 …
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 …
Linguists are discovering signed languages in unexpected places.
Created where there are high rates of congenital deafness, these village sign languages are challenging traditional ideas about how humans do language. What can they teach us about language and the mind?…
Children seem to soak up language, even the things we’d rather they not say.
What do you do about your child’s swearing? And does using sign language help babies talk earlier?
Linguist Daniel Midgley is down with the kids on …
Pointing at stuff is something every human understands.
A new study shows that for babies, pointing bridges the gap between communication and language. Could pointing have kickstarted language? And do any other animals do it?
Linguist Daniel Midgley gets to …
Language is always changing. That’s true for spoken languages, but it’s also true for signed languages.
A new study of British Sign Language shows that younger signers are avoiding older, more offensive signs and using new versions instead. What’s with …
Language technology tends to focus on people who speak. But what about for people who sign?
A Scottish team has announced a new app to convert signs into text, but that’s just one part of the picture.
Linguist Daniel Midgley…
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