Interviews with Scholars of Language about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language
Interpreting Service Provision is Good Value for Money
March 18, 2024
42:29
Erin Elizabeth Greer, "Fiction, Philosophy and the Ideal of Conversation" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)
Feb. 29, 2024
1:31:38
What Does It Mean to Govern a Multilingual Society Well?
Feb. 22, 2024
30:50
What Can Australian Message Sticks Teach Us About Literacy?
Feb. 21, 2024
48:56
Rebecca Roache, "For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Feb. 20, 2024
60:50
Can We Ever Unthink Linguistic Nationalism?
Feb. 19, 2024
1:12:36
Language Makes the Place
Feb. 18, 2024
54:30
Translanguaging: A Discussion with Ofelia Garcia
Feb. 16, 2024
23:38
This is What Language Means
58:02
Lies We Tell Ourselves about the History of Multilingualism
Feb. 15, 2024
56:36
Matthew Rubery, "Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Jan. 28, 2024
1:03:14
James St. André, "Conceptualising China through Translation" (Manchester UP, 2023)
Jan. 23, 2024
1:11:59
Harry van der Hulst, "A Mind for Language: An Introduction to the Innateness Debate" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Jan. 20, 2024
57:17
Mudita Nisker and Dan Clurman, "Let's Talk: An Essential Guide to Skillful Communication" (2022)
Jan. 14, 2024
1:10:45
Gabriel Abend, "Words and Distinctions for the Common Good: Practical Reason in the Logic of Social Science" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Jan. 2, 2024
29:58
Grammar, Identity, and Ideology in Early 20th-Century Japan
Dec. 29, 2023
22:50
Magda Stroińska, "My Life in Propaganda: A Memoir about Language and Totalitarian Regimes" (Durvile, 2023)
Dec. 21, 2023
1:04:55
Pardis Mahdavi, "Hyphen" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Dec. 20, 2023
31:46
Speech Unbound: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen
Dec. 19, 2023
58:08
Wendy S. Hesford, "Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics" (Ohio State UP, 2021)
Dec. 7, 2023
44:56
Vedic Texts, Indus Script, Aryan Migration
Nov. 30, 2023
39:56
Andrea L. Guzman et al., "The SAGE Handbook of Human–Machine Communication" (SAGE, 2023)
Nov. 28, 2023
29:00
Clive Young, "Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language" (Luath Press, 2023)
Nov. 12, 2023
54:37
Fabrizio Cariani, "The Modal Future: A Theory of Future-Directed Thought and Talk" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Nov. 10, 2023
1:08:31
Yigal Bronner, "A Lasting Vision: Dandin's Mirror in the World of Asian Letters" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Nov. 4, 2023
57:01
Dara Z. Strolovitch, "When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People: Race, Gender, and What Makes a Crisis in America" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Oct. 31, 2023
1:03:44
Neil Cohn, "Who Understands Comics?: Questioning the Universality of Visual Language Comprehension" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Oct. 30, 2023
1:17:47
Allison M. Prasch, "The World Is Our Stage: The Global Rhetorical Presidency and the Cold War" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Oct. 19, 2023
46:38
Anna Ziajka Stanton, "The Worlding of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability" (Fordham UP, 2023)
Oct. 18, 2023
37:38
Jonathan Downs, "Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt" (American University in Cairo Press, 2020)
Oct. 15, 2023
58:07
Stephanie R. Larson, "What It Feels Like: Visceral Rhetoric and the Politics of Rape Culture" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2021)
Oct. 8, 2023
47:26
John Guillory Professes Criticism (JP, Nick Dames)
Oct. 5, 2023
41:43
Piers Kelly, "The Last Language on Earth: Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Sept. 19, 2023
1:02:15
A Better Way to Buy Books
Sept. 12, 2023
34:29
Prachi Deshpande, "Scripts of Power: Writing, Language Practices, and Cultural History in Western India" (Permanent Black, 2023)
Sept. 9, 2023
59:16
The Future of Talking: A Discussion with Shane O'Mara
Aug. 26, 2023
41:48
Morgan J. Robinson, "A Language for the World: The Standardization of Swahili" (Ohio UP, 2022)
Aug. 19, 2023
55:44
Jieun Kiaer, "Emoji Speak: Communication and Behaviours on Social Media" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Aug. 16, 2023
41:57
Of Peninsulas and Archipelagos: The Landscape of Translation in Southeast Asia
Aug. 11, 2023
34:06
Courtney Adams Wooten, "Childfree and Happy: Transforming the Rhetoric of Women's Reproductive Choices" (Utah State UP, 2023)
Aug. 2, 2023
43:34
Jae DiBello Takeuchi, "Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan" (Mulitlingual Matters, 2023)
Aug. 1, 2023
58:50
The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us
July 31, 2023
16:54
The Art of Translation: A Discussion with Anne Birkenhauer Molad
July 22, 2023
33:58
Toril Moi, "Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies After Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell" (U Chicago Press, 2017)
1:34:40
Amir Sedaghat, "Translating Rumi Into the West: A Linguistic Conundrum and Beyond" (Routledge, 2023)
July 21, 2023
1:08:05
Tom Mustill, "How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication" (Grand Central Publishing, 2022)
July 13, 2023
53:45
The Eternal Letter: Two Millennia of the Classical Roman Capital
June 20, 2023
15:26
Philip Kirby and Margaret J. Snowling, "Dyslexia: A History" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022)
June 3, 2023
16:44
Nick Enfield on Language, Influence, and Science Communications
June 1, 2023
1:01:00
James Paul Gee, "What Is a Human?: Language, Mind, and Culture" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)
May 30, 2023
1:22:12
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