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Interviews with scholars of language about their new books.
May 11, 2024
"Did You Miss My Comment or What?"
Listen to this interview of Courtney Miller, PhD student in Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. We talk about her paper "Did You Miss …
May 10, 2024
Translation Theory for the Practising Literary Translator
Do translation theorists observe what translators do and develop theories based on that? Do translators gain ideas and tools from studying theories? O…
May 6, 2024
Community and Heritage Languages Schools Transforming Education
Today we talked to Joseph Lo Bianco about the edited volume Community and Heritage Languages Schools Transforming Education (Routledge, 2023). The con…
May 2, 2024
Beyond the Translator’s Invisibility
The question of whether to acknowledge a text as a translation and thereby bring attention to the translator’s role has been a central topic in discus…
May 1, 2024
The Shanghai Alliance of Multilingual Researchers
Yixi (Isabella) Qiu speaks with Professor Yongyan Zheng about The Shanghai Alliance of Multilingual Researchers. The interview explores the Alliance’…
April 27, 2024
Introduction to Classical and New Testament Greek
The defining feature of this textbook is the treatment of classical and New Testament Greek as one language using primary sources. All the example sen…
April 27, 2024
Multilingual Commanding Urgency from Garbage to COVID-19
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Michael Chesnut, Professor in the Department of English for International Conferences and Communication at Hankuk Universi…
April 27, 2024
Language City
Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and—because many have never been recorded—when they’re gone, it will be for…
April 12, 2024
Sanskrit Study
A candid conversation with renowned Sanskritist and online teacher Antonia Ruppel on her love of the language, teaching philosophy, views on academia,…
April 12, 2024
Making Sense of "Bad English"
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Elizabeth Peterson about language ideologies and what we think when we hear different varieties of English. The conversati…
April 9, 2024
A History of Modern Linguistics
Ingrid Piller speaks with James McElvenny about his new book A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II (Edinburgh UP, 2024)…
April 5, 2024
How Language Shapes Relationships in Professional Sports Teams
While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and practitioners, the role that coach and…
March 29, 2024
The Chinese Computer
The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERT…
March 25, 2024
Reducing Barriers to Language Assistance in Hospital
Brynn Quick speaks with Erin Mulpur about how hospitals can better support patients from linguistic minority backgrounds. The conversation addresses t…
March 18, 2024
Interpreting Service Provision is Good Value for Money
Ingrid Piller speaks with Jim Hlavac about interpreting to bridge language barriers. About 5% of the Australian population do not speak English or do…
February 29, 2024
Fiction, Philosophy and the Ideal of Conversation
The ideal of ‘conversation’ recurs in modern thought as a symbol and practice central to ethics, democratic politics, and thinking itself. Interweavin…
February 25, 2024
Narratives of Mistranslation
Narratives of Mistranslation: Fictional Translators in Latin American Literature (Routledge, 2023) offers unique insights into the role of the transla…
February 22, 2024
What Does It Mean to Govern a Multilingual Society Well?
Hanna Torsh speaks with Alexandra Grey about good governance in linguistically diverse cities. Linguistic diversity is often seen through a deficit …
February 21, 2024
What Can Australian Message Sticks Teach Us About Literacy?
Ingrid Piller speaks with Piers Kelly about a fascinating form of visual communication, Australian message sticks. What does a message stick look li…
February 20, 2024
For F*ck's Sake
Swearing can be a powerful communicative act, for good or ill. The same word can incite violence or increase intimacy. How is swearing so multivalent …