Word of Mouth
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- Episode
- It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
- Broadcast Info
- 2025 (28 mins)
- Description
- Michael Rosen on the linguistic comfort food of clichés, pragmatics and how we use language to connect us beyond the actual words used. Derek Bousfield explains how words do more than carry meaning: context governs what we say and how it’s understood.
- Genre
- Literature; Language
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The Open University, "Word of Mouth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/254399 (Accessed 06 Dec 2025)