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Language
Interviews with scholars of language about their new books.
April 12, 2024
Sanskrit Study
A candid conversation with renowned Sanskritist and online teacher Antonia Ruppel on her love of the language, teaching philosophy, views on academia,…
April 12, 2024
Making Sense of "Bad English"
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Elizabeth Peterson about language ideologies and what we think when we hear different varieties of English. The conversati…
April 9, 2024
A History of Modern Linguistics
Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024)…
April 5, 2024
How Language Shapes Relationships in Professional Sports Teams
While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and practitioners, the role that coach and…
March 29, 2024
The Chinese Computer
The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERT…
March 25, 2024
Reducing Barriers to Language Assistance in Hospital
Brynn Quick speaks with Erin Mulpur about how hospitals can better support patients from linguistic minority backgrounds. The conversation addresses t…
March 18, 2024
Interpreting Service Provision is Good Value for Money
Ingrid Piller speaks with Jim Hlavac about interpreting to bridge language barriers. About 5% of the Australian population do not speak English or do…
February 29, 2024
Fiction, Philosophy and the Ideal of Conversation
The ideal of ‘conversation’ recurs in modern thought as a symbol and practice central to ethics, democratic politics, and thinking itself. Interweavin…
February 25, 2024
Narratives of Mistranslation
Narratives of Mistranslation: Fictional Translators in Latin American Literature (Routledge, 2023) offers unique insights into the role of the transla…
February 22, 2024
What Does It Mean to Govern a Multilingual Society Well?
Hanna Torsh speaks with Alexandra Grey about good governance in linguistically diverse cities. Linguistic diversity is often seen through a deficit …
February 21, 2024
What Can Australian Message Sticks Teach Us About Literacy?
Ingrid Piller speaks with Piers Kelly about a fascinating form of visual communication, Australian message sticks. What does a message stick look li…
February 20, 2024
For F*ck's Sake
Swearing can be a powerful communicative act, for good or ill. The same word can incite violence or increase intimacy. How is swearing so multivalent …
February 19, 2024
Can We Ever Unthink Linguistic Nationalism?
Ingrid Piller speaks with Aneta Pavlenko about multilingualism through the ages. We start from the question whether the world today is more multilin…
February 18, 2024
Language Makes the Place
Ingrid Piller speaks with Adam Jaworski about his research in language and mobility. Adam is best known for his work on “linguascaping” – how languag…
February 17, 2024
Linguistic Diversity in Education
Hanna Torsh speaks with Ingrid Gogolin about linguistic diversity in education. Why is linguistic diversity important in creating educational equity?…
February 16, 2024
This is What Language Means
Listen to Episode No.7 of All We Mean, a Special Focus of this podcast. All We Mean is an ongoing discussion and debate about how we mean and why. The…
February 16, 2024
Translanguaging
Loy Lising speaks with Ofelia García about translanguaging. The conversation addresses 3 big questions: What is translanguaging?How is translangua…
February 15, 2024
Lies We Tell Ourselves about the History of Multilingualism
Ingrid Piller speaks with Aneta Pavlenko about her new book Multilingualism and History (Cambridge UP, 2023). We often hear that our world 'is more …
January 28, 2024
Reader's Block
Matthew Rubery's book Reader’s Block: A History of Reading Differences (Stanford UP, 2022) explores the influence neurodivergence has on the ways indi…
January 23, 2024
Conceptualising China through Translation
Conceptualising China through Translation (Manchester University Press, 2023) by Dr. James St Andre provides an innovative methodology for investigati…