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Sarah Ogilvie

Michael Berkeley's guest is the lexicographer and self-confessed 'word nerd' Sarah Ogilvie, whose interests include endangered languages and how young people talk to each other.

Sarah Ogilvie is a lexicographer and a proud and self-confessed word nerd: languages are her passion and are at the heart of her writing and scholarship.

She worked as an editor at the Oxford English Dictionary and went on to write a book about the thousands of volunteers around the world who submitted words for its first edition. She has researched endangered languages in Australia, North America and most recently Indonesia.

She is also the co-author of Gen Z Explained, where she analysed how 16-25-year-olds communicate with each other, in words, images and emojis. She’s currently a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.

Her musical choices include Monteverdi, Allegri, Mozart and Nina Simone.

Presenter: Michael Berkeley
Producer: Clare Walker

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48 minutes

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Sun 13 Oct 2024 12:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Orchestra: Capricorn. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 10.

  • Billy Taylor

    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

    Lyricist: Dick Dallas. Singer: Nina Simone.
    • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, K 576 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Hugo Peretti

    Can't Help Falling in Love

    Composer: Luigi Creatore. Composer: George David Weiss. Singer: Elvis Presley.
    • Blue Suede Shoes.
    • Black Sheep Music.
    • 16.

  • Martin Bresnick

    My Twentieth Century

    Ensemble: Povera Players.
    • Martin Bresnick: My Twentieth Century.
    • New World Records.
    • 11.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Ensemble: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 0034571178608.
    • 15.

  • Sounds to study to

    Recording of the Weston Library, one of The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

    • University of Oxford YouTube Channel.
    • 1.

  • Jane Siberry

    Love Is Everything

    Singer: k.d. lang.
    • Hymns of the 49th Parallel.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 11.

  • James Whitbourn

    Lighten Our Darkness

    Choir: The Choir of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. Conductor: Stephen Taylor.

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  • Sun 13 Oct 2024 12:00
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