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Thanks to the British Academy and to the Schröder Fund, University of Cambridge, for the financial support which made the podcast possible.
In this episode, we explore the power of rhythmic language to stick on our minds and how, as children, rhythm helps us learn to speak.
Presented by Hannah Morrison, produced by Carl Homer for Cambridge TV.
Linguists: Dr Charlotte Lee and Dr Timothy Chesters from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge
Guests:
Dr David Crilly, Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
Becky Wilson, University of Cambridge Primary School
Dr Usha Goswami, University of Cambridge
Usha Goswami’s BabyRhythm project:
https://www.cne.psychol.cam.ac.uk/babyrhythm-project
Verse extracts:
English
The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1, lines 98-100, by William Shakespeare; read by Timothy Chesters.
Mandarin
‘To One Unnamed’, by Li Shangyin; read by Jingyi Han.
Hindi
‘Jhansi ki Rani’ (‘The Queen of Jhansi’), by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan; read by Abhimanyu Sharma.
Watch the accompanying film, "Language and Rhythm": https://www.youtube.com/@mmllcambridge
For more information about languages in Cambridge: mmll.cam.ac.uk
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