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  1. Whale song communication

    Whale song communication

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    By Luke Rendell, School of Biology, with clarinet accompaniment by cetacean specialist Alex South. This event will comprise a short talk and question and answer...

  2. Minority languages of Spain

    Minority languages of Spain

    Festival of Languages and Byre World - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    In this session, Professor Jordi Larios, Dylan Inglis and Ana Barazal Barreira will discuss three minority languages of Spain: Catalan, Basque and Galician....

  3. When language fades

    When language fades

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    Around one in 11 people over the age of 65 live with dementia, and many of us know how hard communication can become, especially in the later stages. In Dr...

  4. Translating Taiwan

    Translating Taiwan

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    What does it mean to translate a museum, and how might this be understood in the context of Taiwan? This talk offers a relaxed late-afternoon journey of...

  5. Two interpreters, three languages and Laurence Olivier

    Two interpreters, three languages and Laurence Olivier

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    In August 2024, at the Edinburgh International Festival, Teatro La Plaza from Peru brought a production of Hamlet to the Lyceum Theatre. The play was performed...

  6. The origins of language with Cat Hobaiter

    The origins of language with Cat Hobaiter

    Festival of Languages - Pay what you can £6 or £4

    A long list of human behaviours has been proposed as the reason we have language, but decades of research with other species have shown us that they have rich...