{"podcast":{"title":"Language on the Move","slug":"language-on-the-move-6801734","podcast_index_feed_id":6801734,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NBNK2543270255","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b2163a6e-c9a2-11ee-9606-2f97fa81c380/image/LOTM-3000.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":72,"summary":"Language on the Move is a podcast devoted to multilingualism, language learning, and intercultural communication in the contexts of globalization and migration. Language on the Move aims to disseminate sociolinguistic research to a broad global audience. Language on the Move was co-founded by Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi, and is currently edited by Ingrid Piller. Our team consists of a research group based at Macquarie University and is complemented by contributors from around the world. A full list of our authors is available here. The web developer and designer behind Language on the Move is Marcin Debski.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:12.697147+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/language-on-the-move-6801734"},"episode":{"title":"Gestures and Emblems: A Discussion with Lauren Gawne","slug":"gestures-and-emblems-a-discussion-with-lauren-gawne","published_at":"2025-04-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/language-on-the-move-6801734/gestures-and-emblems-a-discussion-with-lauren-gawne","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/language-on-the-move-6801734","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK8716502696.mp3?updated=1743800679","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK8716502696.mp3?updated=1743800679","summary":"Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Lauren Gawne, about cross-cultural variation in gesture use. In this episode, Brynn and Lauren discuss a paper that Lauren wrote in 2024 with co-author Dr. Kensey Cooperrider entitled “Emblems: Meaning at the interface of language and gesture”. Brynn and Lauren talk all about how emblems are different to gestures, cultural uses of emblems, emoji, and how emblems might be changing in the digital age. Discussions in this episode include references to Lauren’s book Gesture: A Slim Guide (Oxford UP, 2025), the video episode on gesture that Lingthusiasm made and Gretchen McCulloch’s book Because Internet. For additional resources, show notes, and transcripts, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Lauren Gawne, about cross-cultural variation in gesture use. In this episode, Brynn and Lauren discuss a paper that Lauren wro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2066,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/language-on-the-move-6801734/episodes/gestures-and-emblems-a-discussion-with-lauren-gawne/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/language-on-the-move-6801734/gestures-and-emblems-a-discussion-with-lauren-gawne.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}