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Lingua Franca, presented by Maria Zijlstra, looks at all aspects of language: language old, modern, and even invented. Through interviews and prepared talks, the program features experts who analyse a single topic of interest to users and lovers of language. Examples of the sort of linguistic territory they traverse are: bi-lingual education, ebonics, the language of pornography, and the political use of words. Lingua Franca is published every Saturday.
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Folge vom 24.03.2012The Rosetta Project
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Folge vom 17.03.2012English in SwedenThe long-term Swedish love affair with the English language continues unabated, so much so that Swedish—as well as five other national minority languages—have been given a legislative boost, to encourage and increase their standing at home.
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Folge vom 10.03.2012du/SieHow participants address each other—using either du, a familiar kind of 'you', or using Sie to indicate greater social distance—is a point of some debate in German internet forums.
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Folge vom 03.03.2012The cultural backdrop of EnglishOnce upon a time, English was intimately connected with Englishness and when non-English speakers learned the language, they did so with cultural reference to Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, rose gardens and cups of tea. Now that most of the people in the world who use English have it as their second language, its cultural context has changed. This should be reflected in how English is taught, according to Professor Sandra McKay.