The Story of Human Language, Part 2 of 3
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The case for the world's first language -- Dialects-subspecies of species -- Dialects--where do you draw the line? -- Dialects--two tongues in one mouth -- Dialects--the standard as token of the past -- Dialects--spoken style, written style -- Dialects--the fallacy of blackboard grammar -- Language mixture--words -- Language mixture--grammar -- Language mixture--language areas -- Language develops beyond the call of duty -- Language interrupted.
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) :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Historical linguistics.
Linguistics.