Speakers explore the study of language from different perspectives, to highlight the centrality of language in the wide arrays of human endeavour. Sessions explore different languages and their structures, how they vary and change, how they are learnt and used in different societies and cultures, and the links between language and literature, rhetoric, and philosophy.
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Dexter Cafe and Bar, 123 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
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45 mins presentation, 45 mins open discussion
Week 1:
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An iPad, a zoom recorder, a pair of ears and a conversation: measuring language variation and change in Victoria
Week 2:
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Learning how to talk the talk: Second language acquisition and bilingualism
Week 3:
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The life of signs in society
Week 4:
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Australia’s Indigenous languages
Week 5:
Ancient rhetoric: An overview
Week 6:
Language, comedy and truth: Lacan (and Zupancic) against the ideology of management
