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1996 Reith Lectures: The Language Web

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This week, Radio 3 offers another chance to hear this year's five lectures by Professor Jean Aitchison.
1: A Web of Worries. Is our language sick? Complaints about language
"disease" and "decay" are widespread, yet change in language is natural. In her first lecture, Jean Aitchison argues that we need to understand language, not try to control it.
First broadcast on Radio 4
Next lecture tomorrow 9.30pm
8.00 Act 2

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Professor Jean Aitchison.
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Jean Aitchison
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