Language
- Attribution
- Posted25 June 2020
The curious ‘laws’ of speaking English. Video, 00:02:18
The English-speaking ‘laws’ you never knew you knew
- AttributionBBC
- Posted2 June 2020
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- Posted2 June 2020
CrowdScience. How does a language begin? Audio, 31 minutes
How does one language become two, or even 7000?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted30 April 2020
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- Posted14 April 2020
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- Posted13 April 2020
- Attribution
- Posted30 March 2020
Fighting Talk: How Language Can Make Us Better. Audio, 28 minutes
What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Battle for English. Audio, 28 minutes
Lexicographer Susie Dent investigates the future of English as a global lingua franca.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted1 March 2020
The Boring Talks. # 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English. Audio, 14 minutes
Charvy Narain takes a foul mouthed look at swearing in Hindi and English.
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted17 February 2020
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- Posted17 February 2020
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- Posted12 February 2020
Why Are You Surprised That I Speak Welsh? BBC Sesh. Video, 00:02:04
"Some people react with a slight shock when they hear me speak Welsh"
- AttributionBBC Wales
- Posted11 February 2020
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- Posted11 February 2020
Witness History. Witnessing the birth of a new language. Audio, 9 minutes
In the 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a completely new sign language
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Survival and revival in the Torres Strait. Audio, 28 minutes
The islanders fighting to save their home and their language
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted28 January 2020
Word of Mouth. NHS language use. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen on how the NHS chooses words on its website and in consultants' letters.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
