Language

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

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

Some circles are impenetrable without the right language. Audio

In a city as culturally diverse as Auckland, how is the Kiwi accent changing and evolving? Video, Audio

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

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

NZEI president Lynda Stuart joins the discussion on ERO's suggestion that in early education children should speak their first languages. Audio

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

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

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

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

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

What are bats saying to each other? What does it all mean? Zoologist at Tel Aviv University and the head of the school's Bat Lab for Neuro-Ecology Yossi Yovel, is trying to figure out what they're… Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer on the year in poetry - introducing several favourites, including Paekakariki poet Rob Hack. Audio

The way we use English is not what it used to be. Audio