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A Word in Your Ear ABC listen
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4.8 • 8 Ratings
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Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex walks you through the linguistic mindfield, explaining the weird and wonderful aspects of English and many other languages.
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A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Music
Music has the uncanny ability to be understood by anyone, anywhere. But why? And how did music develop its own kind of "language"?
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A Word in Your Ear: Feminine and Gendered Language
From ships and professions to family structures and pronouns, Roly Sussex navigates the complex web of gendered language.
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A Word in Your Ear: Weather Words with Jenny Woodward
Wind, clouds and rain... ABC's Roly Sussex discusses weather words alongside ABC TV Weather Presenter Jenny Woodward.
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A Word in Your Ear: Catchy Phrases
Flat out like a lizard drinking! ABC's Roly Sussex discusses catchy phrases.
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A Word In Your Ear: Phonetics and The Sounds of Language
Lips, tongue, teeth and cheeks... ABC's Roly Sussex discusses the sounds of language.
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A Word In Your Ear: The Anzac Legacy in Language
Tell me a furphy... What is a brass razoo? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses language used during wartime.