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A Word in Your Ear

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A Word in Your Ear
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  • A Word in Your Ear: Words of the Kitchen
    Have you ever thought about why we call the objects in our kitchen whatever we call them?
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  • A Word in Your Ear: Female Phrasing
    Professor Roly Sussex unpacks the different ways women communicate, and how these contrasts emerged.
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    22:49
  • A Word in Your Ear: Analysing the Alphabet
    Professor Roly Sussex discusses the origins and uses of our 26 letters, and explains why we don't use a phonetic alphabet. 
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  • A Word in Your Ear: Languages of Papua New Guinea
    Professor Roly Sussex is joined by ABC Radio Australia presenter Michael Chow, who speaks two and a half Papua New Guinean languages.
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    31:16
  • A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Advertising
    Professor Roly Sussex unpacks the language of some of the most successful adverts and why they have stood the test of time. 
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About A Word in Your Ear

Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex from the University of Queensland discusses the wonderful and odd aspects of English and many other languages.
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