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The Story of Human Language, Part 1 of 3

McWhorter, John H. DVD - 2005 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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What Is language? -- When language began -- How language changes--sound change -- How language changes--building new material -- How language changes--meaning and order -- How language changes--many directions -- How language changes--modern English -- Language families--Indo-European -- Language families--tracing Indo-European -- Language families--diversity of structures -- Language families--clues to the past -- The case against the world's first language -- The case for the world's first language.
Lecturer: John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute.
Presents lectures on the history of language.

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PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2005]
Year Published: 2005
Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm.)
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1565859472 (set) :

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Teaching Company.

SUBJECTS
Historical linguistics.
Linguistics.