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How Is English Going to Change in the future?

Michael Rosen looks ahead, with the help of linguists Bas Aarts and Laura Wright.

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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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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.

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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.

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Colour Words

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright on colour words, how they vary and how they have changed.

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Young Women as Linguistic Innovators

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss the role of young women in language innovation.

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Food Connections Festival

Michael Rosen and guests perform poems, songs and stories about food.

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Non-Verbal Communication

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss non-verbal communication with Prof Steven Connor.

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Number Words

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at how numbers are understood - and misunderstood.

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Reading: Print v eBooks

Michael Rosen examines the differences between reading print books and reading eBooks.

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Romance and Romanticism

Michael Rosen and Professor John Mullan talk romance, Romantic poets and romanticism.

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Inventing Brand Names

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright look into how new commercial brand names are invented.

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The Alphabet

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.

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Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants

Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.

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Language Evolution: A Gene for Language?

Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.

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Slang

What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.

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How Shakespeare Spoke

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.

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The Top 20 Words in English

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.

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Taking Turns in Conversation

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss how we take it in turns to talk, in conversation.

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Mouthpiece: Turning the Spoken Word into Songs

Michael Rosen hears about a project to turn interviews recorded in Parliament into songs.

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Talking or Texting?

Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication.

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Tip of the Tongue

Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue.

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Steven Pinker on Language

Steven Pinker joins Michael Rosen to talk about his love of, and life in, language.

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House Names

Michael Rosen talks to Dr Laura Wright about her new research on popular house names.

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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.

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PR - How Not To Do It

Michael Rosen on the words used in PR that have been rated as the most annoying. Iconic...

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