Associate Professor Chloé Diskin-Holdaway

Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics, School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

Vocal fry: What is it and why does it still polarise listeners?

Love, hate or ambivalence about this vocal style may depend on our age and gender. Linguists and voice experts explain vocal fry’s origins and its place in society

Arts & Culture

Go Figure

‘Like’ has totally evolved to become, like, a legit word

The word ‘like’ is often frowned upon but, mainly because of young women, it’s here to stay and is far more sophisticated than we might think