Language
The Pantograph Punch: Rules of the Game
This live storytelling extravaganza, recorded in association with The Pantograph Punch website features rule-breakers, rule-makers, and those who are rewriting the map. Audio
How slow language development impacts on learning
Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright discusses delayed language development and learning difficulties. Audio
Michael Corballis - The Truth About Language
In his new book, The Truth About Language: What is it and where it came from, author and psychologist Professor Michael Corballis explores the origin of human language and our unique ability to tell… Audio
This Way Up: Learning Arabic
More than 300 million people around the world speak Arabic, but it's a badly under-represented language online and that's posing problems for people studying and teaching in many parts of the world… Audio
News in Niuean for 19 April 2017
The latest news in Niuean language (Vagahau Niue) - brought to you by our partners - Pacific Media Network. Audio
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
Trump 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
