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Medieval Latin and Charles Roe
Season 1 Episode 8
For the eighth episode of A Language I Love Is..., Charles Roe joins me to introduce into the linguistic world of Latin in the Middle Ages. Charles o…
3 years ago
Estonian and Johanna Laakso
Season 1 Episode 7
Episode 7 of ALILI... is a journey into the Uralic language family, specifically via one of its famous European members: Estonian! Prof. Johanna Laak…
3 years, 1 month ago
Old English and Stephen Hopkins
Season 1 Episode 6
Time for the 6th episode of ALILI... and for Dr Stephen Hopkins to wind back the clock on the language you are currently reading – we're heading back…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ossetian and Sāmapriẏa Basu
Season 1 Episode 5
Here's Episode 5 of A Language I Love Is... and for this episode, Dr Sāmapriẏa Basu guides us into the Caucasus, the "mountain of tongues", a region …
3 years, 1 month ago
Sanskrit and Krishnan Ram-Prasad
Season 1 Episode 4
Episode 4 of ALILI is here and its task is to introduce the linguistic cosmos that is the Sanskrit language. Dr Krishnan Ram-Prasad joins me to run t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Old Saxon and George Walkden
Season 1 Episode 3
Episode 3 of ALILI is a deep dive into the Germanic languages, expertly navigated by George Walkden, who shares a wealth of information about this la…
3 years, 2 months ago
Akkadian and Iris Kamil
Season 1 Episode 2
Episode 2 of ALILI and it's time to head back to ancient Mesopotamia and hear all about Akkadian, an influential lingua franca of the ancient world. …
3 years, 2 months ago
Scots and Sarah van Eyndhoven
Season 1 Episode 1
Here's Episode 1, in which my friend Sarah van Eyndhoven kindly offers both her time and expertise to join me to talk about the Scots language. This …
3 years, 2 months ago
A Language I Love Is... – Introduction
Season 1
Hello there! This is my introduction to a new podcast all about language, linguistics and loving both. In this initial episode, I set out the premise…
3 years, 2 months ago