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07 May 2009

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Topical Issues in Language

Like It or Not, a Discourse Marker Making Its Mark on a Wider Stage Audio Clip Available

From NBC News, a report on the spread of the word "like," including an interview with Carmen Fought, a linguistics professor at Pitzer College in California

March 9, 2005 - Interview with an English Learner in Iran Audio Clip Available

March 2, 2005 - Linguistic Profiling Audio Clip Available

June 22, 2005 - Emotion in Words Audio Clip Available

May 8, 2003 - 'The Language Police,' Part 2 Audio Clip Available

May 1, 2003 - 'The Language Police,' Part 1 Audio Clip Available

November 6, 2003 - American National Corpus Audio Clip Available

February 12, 2004 - Helen Fisher: 'Why We Love' Audio Clip Available

November 1, 1998 - Political Language

March 27, 2003 - Rhetoric of War Audio Clip Available

February 5, 2004 - Political Rhetoric in America, Part 2 Audio Clip Available

January 29, 2004 - Political Rhetoric in America, Part 1 Audio Clip Available

October 14, 2001 - Language of Terror, Part 2 Audio Clip Available