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Word of Mouth

Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writingPhilip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing

Released On: 13 Jan 2015

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Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing.

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Word of Mouth
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing.
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Word of Mouth
Are you really Somali? Using language to determine country of origin
Michael Rosen on the use of language analysis to judge asylum seekers' country of origin.
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Prof Tanya Byron on the language parents use to talk to their children
Tanya Byron and Michael Rosen discuss the language parents use to talk to their children.
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Landscape Language
Michael Rosen on the evocative words used to describe features of the British landscape.
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The Pedant
What is a pedant, and where does pedantry come from? Michael Rosen talks to Oliver Kamm.
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A Language Without Words
Michael Rosen asks Julian Barratt and Steve Oram about creating a language without words.
28 mins
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Naming Family Relationships - Step, Half or 'Blended'?
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the names people give to family relationships.
28 mins
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Colour Words
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright on colour words, how they vary and how they have changed.
28 mins
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Young Women as Linguistic Innovators
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss the role of young women in language innovation.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Food Connections Festival
Michael Rosen and guests perform poems, songs and stories about food.
28 mins
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Non-Verbal Communication
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss non-verbal communication with Prof Steven Connor.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Number Words
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at how numbers are understood - and misunderstood.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Reading: Print v eBooks
Michael Rosen examines the differences between reading print books and reading eBooks.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Romance and Romanticism
Michael Rosen and Professor John Mullan talk romance, Romantic poets and romanticism.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Inventing Brand Names
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright look into how new commercial brand names are invented.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
The Alphabet
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants
Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Language Evolution: A Gene for Language?
Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Slang
What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
How Shakespeare Spoke
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
The Top 20 Words in English
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.
28 mins
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Taking Turns in Conversation
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss how we take it in turns to talk, in conversation.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Mouthpiece: Turning the Spoken Word into Songs
Michael Rosen hears about a project to turn interviews recorded in Parliament into songs.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Talking or Texting?
Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Tip of the Tongue
Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Steven Pinker on Language
Steven Pinker joins Michael Rosen to talk about his love of, and life in, language.
28 mins
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House Names
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Laura Wright about her new research on popular house names.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
Metaphors for the Past: From Dinosaurs to Victorian Values
Michael Rosen on how we talk about historical eras in order to define how we live now.
28 mins
Word of Mouth
PR - How Not To Do It
Michael Rosen on the words used in PR that have been rated as the most annoying. Iconic...
28 mins
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Roald Dahl's Language
Michael Rosen on a new Roald Dahl dictionary collecting the amazing words he invented.
28 mins
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Snuck and Sung: Irregular Verbs
Michael Rosen explores the verbs that are called irregular, and how they came to be.
28 mins

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