The public has voted, and a winner has been decided! We’re looking all the words chosen by the various dictionary bodies, and counting down our…
Yes, linguistics is all through the world of sci-fi, but science fiction has had a surprising impact on linguistic research. Dr Hannah Little is cataloguing…
Linguistics is what we all love, but how do we make it pay? Turns out there are more ways than you might have thought of,…
Our listeners have voted, and here are all the words! Which were our top Words of the Week? Which were the worst? And what did…
We’re doing a deep dive into generativism, the linguistic school of thought championed by Noam Chomsky. It’s had an enormous impact on the direction of…
Linguistics as a discipline throws up challenges to Indigenous linguists. At the same time, they’re the ones called upon to fix it. It can’t stay…
OzCLO is the Australian Computational and Linguistic Olympiad. It gets students together to compete and solve linguistic problems. It’s also a gateway to further linguistic…
Words of the Week are coming out of the woodwork, and who better to work through them with us than Grant Barrett of A Way…
It joins, it divides. It’s disappearing in some places, but it’s stronger than ever in others. For this episode, we’re talking to Professor Pardis Mahdavi,…
There’s a new show on Netflix, and it’s The History of Swearing, featuring Nicolas Cage. Backing him up is a team of researchers, comedians — and…