Linguistics

Alistair Knott is teaching a computer "baby" to speak different languages to see if syntax and sensory-motor experiences are linked Audio

St Jerome is the patron saint of translators. On Tuesday, St Jerome's day, expert translator John Jamieson will put his skills to the test before a live audience as part of 'The Transparent… Audio

Victoria University Professor Laurie Bauer on some of the peculiarities of the English language. His specialist area is morphology, the way words are brought together to create new ones. Professor… 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

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

Speech perception is the combination of responses a person has when listening to someone else speaking, and the processing of those sounds. How does it all work? Chris talked to Associate Professor… Audio

Professor Kate Burridge, linguist at Monash University, explains why New Zealanders are good at it. Audio

One of those things we've always known but science is now backing up - swearing can actually be good for you. Audio