Language
The Pantograph Punch: Dead Air
RNZ broadcasters John Campbell, Carol Hirschfeld, Wallace Chapman and Noelle McCarthy share in front of an audience stories about the moments that have left them speechless, for better and for worse.
…Nicola Gardini on the art of translation
Nicola Gardini, Professof of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford was in Wellington this week to attend the Wai Te Ata press launch of the Italian translation of Best New… Audio
The origins of Dog
Ken Grace has been delving into the origins of many of our words and phrases for his blog "Friends, Romans, countrymen". The latest word he's looked at is "dog" which has some suprising origins. Audio
Expert feature: the History of English Part 2
Last week we focussed on Early and Middle English with Mark Amsler, an Associate Professor Comparative Literature at the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. He… Audio
Expert feature: The history of English
Our Monday expert is Mark Amsler - an Associate Professor Comparative Literature at the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. He talks through the history of… Audio
Robbie Love - The changing English language
British researcher Robbie Love joins Wallace to talk about how the English language is evolving and why some words are falling out of favour while other words are enjoying a renaissance of sorts. Audio
Breaking Babel
In a city as culturally diverse as Auckland, how is the Kiwi accent changing and evolving? Video, Audio
Breaking Babel
In a city as culturally diverse as Auckland, how is the Kiwi accent changing and evolving?
Video, AudioTrump Talk And Roman Rhetoric
Is Donald J Trump using the same techniques of populist rhetoric as exploited by politicians in ancient Rome? Kathryn Ryan talks to Otago University's Professor Jon Hall, an expert on the Roman orator… Audio
Former New Plymouth mayor responds to te reo jibe on Facebook
New Plymouth councillor, Murray Chong, is at the centre of a backlash over a Facebook post in which he says te reo Maori is "being kept alive on a respirator". The former mayor of New Plymouth, Andrew… Audio
Councillor faces backlash over te reo jibe
An outspoken New Plymouth councillor is at the centre of a backlash over a Facebook post in which he says te reo Maori is "being kept alive on a respirator". Audio
ERO - let children speak their native languages in pre-schools
NZEI president Lynda Stuart joins the discussion on ERO's suggestion that in early education children should speak their first languages. Audio
Conlanging: how to build a new language
Kathryn Ryan talks to Britton Watkins who's created a documentary about the people who create and speak constructed languages. Some of the most famous examples include Klingon from Star Trek and… Audio
Waitangi Rua Rautau Lectures 2017
The Honourable Dame Tariana Turia, former Cabinet Minister and founder of the Maori Party, and Dr Gareth Morgan, economist and founder of the Opportunities Party, present the 2017 Waitangi Rua Rautau… Audio
Jargon's creeping menace
Politics and the corporate world have long been guilty of egregious crimes against language, but this obfuscatory jargon is now creeping into everyday speech. Audio
Learning the lingo: migrants in NZ
For new migrants just getting a job is hard enough. But once they do, they also need to quickly get a grip on our metaphors, euphamisms, sayings and workplace culture.
Lynn Freeman visited Victoria… Audio, Gallery
Great Ideas - Part 2: 'Every Language is a World'
Megan Whelan looks at how language shapes – and is shaped by – our understanding of the world, with Dr Sasha Calhoun, Professor Paul Warren and Associate Professor Stephen Epstein. Audio
