{"id":15,"date":"2023-07-13T16:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-01-22T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T09:56:16","slug":"writings-and-speakings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/writings-and-speakings\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings and Speakings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am very lucky to be part of the 2023 cohort of the AHRC-BBC New Generation Thinkers programme &#8211; if you\u2019d like to know more about the process and my tips on applying, check back soon for a blogpost, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/opportunity\/develop-research-for-bbc-platforms-new-generation-thinkers-2024\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/opportunity\/develop-research-for-bbc-platforms-new-generation-thinkers-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">take a look at the 2024 call<\/a> in the meantime. I have also been interviewed on Voice of Islam DAB radio and on the fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodrobot.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodrobot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Good Robot<\/a> podcast. <a href=\"#speaking-list\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#speaking-list\">Links to my programmes can be found below<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also written pieces of a range of different lay audiences in print media (EMC magazine, Babel magazine) and online (The Conversation). <a href=\"#writing-list\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#writing-list\">Head to my Writings link to read more.<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"speaking-list\">Speakings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodrobot.co.uk\/podcast\/episode\/7d81b0fb\/rebecca-woods-on-large-language-models-language-and-meaning-and-how-children-learn-languages\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodrobot.co.uk\/podcast\/episode\/7d81b0fb\/rebecca-woods-on-large-language-models-language-and-meaning-and-how-children-learn-languages\" target=\"_blank\">The Good Robot podcast<\/a> on Large Language Models and child language acquisition (released 9th Jan 2024, interviewed by Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001nh9b\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001nh9b\" target=\"_blank\">Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3, Childhood and Play<\/a> (aired 11th July 2023, presented by Anne McElvoy and also featuring Dr Yinka Olusoga, Prof. Joe Moshenska and Dr Helen Charman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001khj3\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001khj3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3, 2023 New Generation Thinkers<\/a> (aired 4th April 2023, presented by Dr Chris Harding)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voice of Islam DAB Radio discussion on the evolution of language in humans (aired 29th December 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"writing-list\">Writings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/like-isnt-a-lazy-linguistic-filler-the-english-language-snobs-need-to-like-pipe-down-122056\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/like-isnt-a-lazy-linguistic-filler-the-english-language-snobs-need-to-like-pipe-down-122056\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Like\u2019 isn\u2019t a lazy linguistic filler &#8211; the English language snobs need to, like, pipe down.<\/a>  The Conversation, 19th August 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lives in Language: Ferdinand de Saussure. <em>Babel<\/em> magazine No. 7, May 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very lucky to be part of the 2023 cohort of the AHRC-BBC New Generation Thinkers programme &#8211; if you\u2019d like to know more about the process and my tips on applying, check back soon for a blogpost, and take a look at the 2024 call in the meantime. I have also been interviewed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/writings-and-speakings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Writings and Speakings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/rebeccawoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}