Language

The Lake Superior State University annual list of banished words and phrases is out. Audio

Writer and swearing consultant for the British television series The Thick of It, and columnist for The Guardian. Audio

A small group for the Deaf in South Auckland is developing sign language in Maori. Audio

Linguistics expert David Crystal has written more than 100 books, the latest of which is called Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling, which begins with the arrival of Christian… Audio

Providing employment for people with disabilites and a project archiving the evolution of New Zealand Sign Language. Audio

Katy Gosset examines the language of disability and how it's changed over time. Audio

Ngā tākaro – sports, tamaiti – child, tamariki – children, māhita – teacher, pouaka tina – lunchbox, wai ipu – water bottle, pene rākau – pencil, pukapuka – book. Audio

Tūru – chair, rorohiko – computer, pene – pen, papa pātuhi – keyboard, rātaka – daily planner, kōpae mārō – hard drive, waea – telephone, rama – lamp. Audio

When is a word really a word? When it's in the dictionary? How does it get there? Laurie Bauer, Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University, says dictionaries are out of date the moment they are… Audio

Words and phrases entering and leaving the language. Audio

The origins of hundreds of everyday words and phrases are in a new guide called 'The Etymologicon', which makes the interesting point that an influx of words into English often occurs at times of… Audio

Recent research has found that words spelled with more letters on the right of the keyboard are associated with more positive emotions than words spelt with more letters on the left. Audio

New research examining the frequency of words used in books for more than 200 years reveals the rise and demise of them through time, and how social, technological and political change influences… Audio

Dr. Dianna Bardsley, Director of the New Zealand Dictionary Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. Audio

Linguist Professor Miriam Meyerhoff of the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland on young people and trends in how they use language. Audio

A poll on the Public Address website has declared "munted" the word of the year. Audio

World-renowned linguist who was keynote speaker at a recent symposium focusing on the survival of Maori and Pasifika languages. Audio

Dr Patterson is the President, Director of Research and co-founder of the Gorilla Foundation. Koko the gorilla can communicate with her human carers using sign language. Penny has worked with Koko for… Audio

Taboo words and coarse language on television. Audio