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Michael Rosen questions whether we change the way we speak according to the social class of the person we're speaking to. With novelist Graham Joyce and critic Stephen Bayley.
Michael Rosen questions whether we change the way we speak according to the social class of the person we're speaking to. Novelist Graham Joyce has had an interesting experience with language throughout his life, moving between classes, as has critic Stephen Bayley. Linguists Julia Snell and Vineeta Chand fill in the detail. And the programme features archive clips of comedy making full use of the rich comic potential of this way of behaving.
Producer Beth O'Dea.
Last on
Mon 21 Apr 2014
23:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Tue 15 Apr 2014 16:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 21 Apr 2014 23:00BBC Radio 4
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Word of Mouth
Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them