Word of Mouth - Pet or Pest? The revealing words we use about animals, and dog names
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Michael Rosen and Laura Wright on the language we use to talk about animals - and the names we give our dogs. Do the words used show changing attitudes? They're joined by Professor Alison Sealey, linguist at Lancaster University and co-investigator on a new study: People, Products, Pests and Pets: The Discursive Representation of Animals. Producer Beth O'Dea.
Published on Tuesday, 7th February 2017.
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