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Maurizio Gnerre: Huave | SOAS Radio
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Malin Petzell talks about Kagulu | SOAS Radio
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International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2012 - Bangladesh, Australia and the importance of Mother Language Education | SOAS Radio
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Kristine Stenzel, and the Kotiria and the Wa’ikhana Languages of Brazil | SOAS Radio
Visiting scholar, Dr. Kristine Stenzel, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro speaks to us about her collaborative language documentation project with the Kotiria and Wa’ikhana of Brazil. Includes an extract of Wa’ikhana.
http://soasradio.org/content/kristine-stenzel-and-kotiria-and-waikhana-languages-brazil
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Episode 133: Coding cultural riches: Investigating indigenous languages in Australia | Up Close
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Passive Voice
Huffduffed from http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/passive-voice.aspx
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Words Like ‘Mother’ And ‘Ashes’ May Have Survived From The Last Ice Age : NPR
Researchers at the University of Reading are speculating that today’s languages share a common root dating as far back as the last Ice Age. Words like "mother," "man" and "ashes" are categorized as "ultraconserved," meaning they are survivors of a lost language from which many modern tongues are descended.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/09/182624059/could-you-talk-to-a-caveman-researchers-say-yes
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Indigenous languages - Counterpoint - ABC Radio National
Should we be maintaining and preserving Indigenous languages? There have been ongoing discussions on whether or not Indigenous language should be taught in schools…but which language and who would teach it?
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/counterpoint/indigenous-languages/4652826
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Dialects Changing, But Not Disappearing In Philadelphia : NPR
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are tracking changes in the Philadelphia accent. Reporter Zack Seward dips into archives that include more than a century’s worth of Philly natives. The researchers say most regional accents are alive and well, even in the digital age, but they’re always changing.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/05/176368267/dialects-changing-but-not-disappearing-in-philadelphia
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Mining Books To Map Emotions Through A Century : Shots - Health News : NPR
Anthropologists find that the use of "emotional" words in all sorts of books has soared and dipped across the past century, roughly mirroring each era’s social and economic upheavals. And psychologists say this new form of language analysis may offer a more objective view into our culture.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/01/175584297/mining-books-to-map-emotions-through-a-century
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