Speak clearly to the bogey man

Actions can speak more clearly than words

Actions can speak more clearly than words

Mothers speak less clearly to infants than to adults: a comprehensive test of the hyperarticulation hypothesis.

Infants learn language at an incredible speed, and one of the first steps in this voyage is learning the basic sound units of their native languages. It is widely thought that caregivers facilitate this task by hyperarticulating when speaking to their infants. Using state-of-the-art speech technology, we addressed this key theoretical question: Are sound categories clearer in infant-directed sp...

Bogey of Determinism

1. THE PROBLEM AND THE PROGRAMME Only a dreadful prig could seriously condemn secret lust as a form of adultery. However, even someone who claims to be wholly concerned with the things of the mind must have some interest in what he says and does, and these require the occurrence of bodily processes. Realising that so much of what matters to us involves physical events and processes, it is natur...

Alcohol and driving: the breathalyser bogey.

Facing the Bogey: Women, Football and Sexuality

This article examines the implications for football players of the way in which women’s sport is regularly framed within discourses of sexuality. It focuses on a premier league football team in New Zealand comprised of both homosexually and heterosexually identified women. Interviews with players reveal the extent to which homophobia is associated with women’s experiences of football and is som...