Language
Word of Mouth. Young Women as Linguistic Innovators. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss the role of young women in language innovation.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Short Cuts. Series 7, The Conversation. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long hears stories of intimate conversations - including the 'dual form'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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This is Me Totally Sausage. Audio, 30 minutes
Henning Wehn looks at the difficulties of speaking and understanding English.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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Analysis. You Can't Say That. Audio, 30 minutes
Is there a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton explores the limits of free expression.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Out of the Ordinary. Series 3, Esperanto. Audio, 28 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins explores Esperanto, the language designed to bring world peace and harmony.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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A History of Ideas. Barry Smith on Noam Chomsky and Human Language. Audio, 13 minutes
Philosopher Barry Smith on Noam Chomsky and human language
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio, Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: Samuel West. Audio, 15 minutes
Actor Samuel West explores the art of performance and declarative language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Dr Hepcat and the Hepster's Dictionary. Audio, 30 minutes
Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of Cab Calloway and his Hepster's Dictionary of jive talk
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Digital Human. Series 6, Language. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks Krotoski asks if language is a technology and how it has changed in the digital age.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Germany: Memories of a Nation. Fairy Tales and Forests: The Grimms and Caspar David Friedrich. Audio, 15 minutes
Neil MacGregor on how the Grimms and painter Caspar David Friedrich shaped German identity
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Germany: Memories of a Nation. Luther and a Language for All Germans. Audio, 15 minutes
Neil MacGregor examines how Luther created the modern German language.
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The Forum. Multilingualism. Audio, 28 minutes
The advantages and disadvantages of speaking more than one language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Samuel Beckett - Happy Days, Lost in Translation. Audio, 15 minutes
Director Netia Jones on the relationship between words and music in Samuel Beckett's work.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Homage to Caledonia, Homage to Caledonia: The Language of the Scots. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer and comedian AL Kennedy celebrates the language of Scotland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Dylan Thomas Centenary, Tracing Dylan's Pathway. Audio, 15 minutes
Gwyneth Lewis takes a personal journey through the language of Dylan Thomas.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 4, Language Is Power. Audio, 15 minutes
Lindsay Johns says language is power, and makes the case for speaking English properly.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Four Thought. Series 4, Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation? Audio, 15 minutes
William Dalrymple introduces Ranjini Obeyesekere in Four Thought in Jaipur.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Dragon with Two Tongues. Audio, 45 minutes
Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores the modern revival of Welsh language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 2, The Space between Us. Audio, 28 minutes
Nina Garthwaite explores the difficulties and delights of distance.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 2, Matthew Engel: An Invasion of Americanisms. Audio, 15 minutes
Matthew Engel warns of a new threat to the English language from Americanisms.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Whose Hebrew Is It Anyway? Audio, 27 minutes
Hannah Barnes explores how the revival of Hebrew continues to divide world Jewry.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. Implement Me No Directives! Audio, 15 minutes
Alistair Cooke judges the language used by the Old Testament, Churchill and UN treaties.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year