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06/04/2010
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Michael Rosen investigates the language of the natural world.
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Chugger Chat
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Available since Tue, 8 May 2012.
Michael Rosen tackles the language of chuggers and street vendors. Which words work best?
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Interpreting
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Available since Tue, 1 May 2012.
Michael Rosen investigates the world of interpreting.
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Losing Your Parents' Language
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Available since Tue, 1 May 2012.
What's it like to lose the language spoken by your parents? Michael Rosen finds out.
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17/04/2012
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Available since Tue, 24 Apr 2012.
Chris Ledgard examines how trademark law can control the language of the Olympic games.
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Academic stand-up and cognitive development
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Available since Tue, 17 Apr 2012.
Chris Ledgard meets the academics doing stand-up and asks why jokes get the brain going.
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The Queen's Speech
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Available since Tue, 10 Apr 2012.
In this Diamond Jubilee year, Michael Rosen looks at the way in which the Queen speaks.
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Textspeak
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Available since Tue, 3 Apr 2012.
Michael Rosen on the uses and abuses of textspeak. Is English being abbreviated away?
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20/03/2012
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Available since Tue, 27 Mar 2012.
Michael Rosen and guests celebrate nonsense at Radio 4's More Than Words Festival.
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Teens and TV
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Available since Tue, 31 Jan 2012.
Michael Rosen explores the portrayal of teens on TV, and speaks to Phil Redmond.
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Public speaking, show & tell
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Available since Tue, 24 Jan 2012.
Michael Rosen explores the new wave of public-speaking events including Ignite and TED.
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Stories from other cultures
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Available since Tue, 17 Jan 2012.
Michael Rosen hears the traditional stories that are being passed down the generations.
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Comparing the way we bring up children and train dogs
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Available since Tue, 10 Jan 2012.
Michael Rosen compares the way we bring up children and train dogs.
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But I've Got a Degree!
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Available since Sun, 1 Jan 2012.
Michael Rosen examines letters we use before and after our names.
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20/12/2011
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Available since Tue, 27 Dec 2011.
The language of the financial markets. Michael Rosen returns for a new series on words.
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Being overheard
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Four writers discuss how they are inspired by the words they overhear.
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English As a Lingua Franca
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Available since Tue, 6 Sep 2011.
What kind of English is being used among non-native speakers?
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Counting Word Incidences
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Chris Ledgard looks at the ways of counting incidences of words and what that can tell us.
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Voice Recognition
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Chris Ledgard explores the world of voice recognition.
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Talking Newspapers for the Blind
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Chris Ledgard discovers the art and science of producing talking newspapers for the blind.
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Eisteddfod
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Available since Wed, 10 Aug 2011.
Chris Ledgard meets Les Barker, a Mancunian who's fallen in love with the Welsh language.
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Surnames
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Available since Tue, 2 Aug 2011.
What's in a name? Chris Ledgard looks at where our surnames come from and what they mean.
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Foreign Language Learning
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Available since Tue, 26 Jul 2011.
Students are no longer choosing to study foreign languages. What will be the impact?
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