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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
JCRC |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
P140 |
| Item number |
.M39 2004d |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
McWhorter, John H. |
| Dates associated with a name |
1965- |
| 110 ## - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Manhattan Institute |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Story of Human Language / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
John McWhorter ; The Teaching Company. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Chantilly, VA : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
The Teaching Company, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
6 DVDs (1080 min.) : |
| Other physical details |
sd., col. ; |
| Dimensions |
4 3/4 in. + |
| Accompanying material |
1 course Guidebook (201 p. : ill. ; 19 cm) |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
The Great Courses |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Literature and Language |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Linguistics |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes 36 x 30 min. lectures.<br/>Also Includes Course Guidebook. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
The Course Guidebook includes a glossary and bibliographical references. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
"Dr. John McWhorter, one of America's leading linguists and a frequent commentator on network television and National Public Radio, addresses these and other questions as he takes you on an in-depth, 36-lecture tour of the development of human language, showing how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago has evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today." (Publisher's Website) |
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| Formatted contents note |
CONTENTS: <br/> |
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DISC 1<br/> |
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Lecture 1. What is Language?<br/> |
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Lecture 2. When Language Began<br/> |
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Lecture 3. How Language Changes - Sound Change<br/> |
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Lecture 4. How Language Changes - Building New Material<br/> |
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Lecture 5. How Language Changes - Meaning and Order<br/> |
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Lecture 6. How Language Changes - Many Directions<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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DISC 2<br/> |
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Lecture 7. How Language Changes - Modern English<br/> |
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Lecture 8. Language Families - Indo-European<br/> |
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Lecture 9. Language Families - Tracing Indo-European<br/> |
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Lecture 10. Language Families - Diversity of Structures<br/> |
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Lecture 11. Language Families - Clues to the Past<br/> |
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Lecture 12. The Case Against the World's First Language<br/> |
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DISC 3<br/> |
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Lecture 13. The Case For the World's First Language<br/> |
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Lecture 14. Dialects - Subspecies of Species<br/> |
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Lecture 15. Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line?<br/> |
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Lecture 16. Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth<br/> |
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Lecture 17. Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past<br/> |
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Lecture 18. Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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DISC 4<br/> |
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Lecture 19. Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar<br/> |
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Lecture 20. Language Mixture - Words<br/> |
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Lecture 21. Language Mixture - Grammar<br/> |
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Lecture 22. Language Mixture - Language Areas<br/> |
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Lecture 23. Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty<br/> |
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Lecture 24. Language Interrupted<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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DISC 5<br/> |
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Lecture 25. A New Perspective on the Story of English<br/> |
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Lecture 26. Does Culture Drive Language Change?<br/> |
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Lecture 27. Language Starts Over - Pidgins<br/> |
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Lecture 28. Language Starts Over - Creoles I<br/> |
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Lecture 29. Language Starts Over - Creoles II<br/> |
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Lecture 30. Language Starts Over - Signs of the New<br/> |
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DISC 6 |
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Lecture 31. Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum<br/> |
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Lecture 32. What is Black English?<br/> |
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Lecture 33. Language Death - The Problem<br/> |
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Lecture 34. Language Death - Prognosis<br/> |
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Lecture 35. Artificial Languages<br/> |
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Lecture 36. Finale - Master Class<br/> |
| 520 2# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Dr. John McWhorter, one of America's leading linguists and a frequent commentator on network television and National Public Radio, addresses these and other questions as he takes you on an in-depth, 36-lecture tour of the development of human language, showing how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago has evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today." (Publisher's Website) |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
DVD CONTENTS:<br/><br/>DISC 1<br/>Lecture 1. What is Language?<br/>Lecture 2. When Language Began<br/>Lecture 3. How Language Changes - Sound Change<br/>Lecture 4. How Language Changes - Building New Material<br/>Lecture 5. How Language Changes - Meaning and Order<br/>Lecture 6. How Language Changes - Many Directions<br/><br/>DISC 2<br/>Lecture 7. How Language Changes - Modern English<br/>Lecture 8. Language Families - Indo-European<br/>Lecture 9. Language Families - Tracing Indo-European<br/>Lecture 10. Language Families - Diversity of Structures<br/>Lecture 11. Language Families - Clues to the Past<br/>Lecture 12. The Case Against the World's First Language<br/><br/>DISC 3<br/>Lecture 13. The Case For the World's First Language<br/>Lecture 14. Dialects - Subspecies of Species<br/>Lecture 15. Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line?<br/>Lecture 16. Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth<br/>Lecture 17. Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past<br/>Lecture 18. Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style<br/><br/>DISC 4<br/>Lecture 19. Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar<br/>Lecture 20. Language Mixture - Words<br/>Lecture 21. Language Mixture - Grammar<br/>Lecture 22. Language Mixture - Language Areas<br/>Lecture 23. Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty<br/>Lecture 24. Language Interrupted<br/><br/>DISC 5<br/>Lecture 25. A New Perspective on the Story of English<br/>Lecture 26. Does Culture Drive Language Change?<br/>Lecture 27. Language Starts Over - Pidgins<br/>Lecture 28. Language Starts Over - Creoles I<br/>Lecture 29. Language Starts Over - Creoles II<br/>Lecture 30. Language Starts Over - Signs of the New<br/><br/>DISC 6<br/>Lecture 31. Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum<br/>Lecture 32. What is Black English?<br/>Lecture 33. Language Death - The Problem<br/>Lecture 34. Language Death - Prognosis<br/>Lecture 35. Artificial Languages<br/>Lecture 36. Finale - Master Class |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
COURSE GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:<br/><br/>INTRODUCTION<br/>Professor Biography<br/>Course Scope<br/><br/>LECTURE GUIDES<br/>Lecture 1: What is Language?<br/>Lecture 2: When Language Began<br/>Lecture 3: How Language Changes - Sound Change<br/>Lecture 4: How Language Changes - Building New Material<br/>Lecture 5: How Language Changes - Meaning and Order<br/>Lecture 6: How Language Changes - Many Directions<br/>Lecture 7: How Language Changes - Modern English<br/>Lecture 8: Language Families - Indo-European<br/>Lecture 9: Language Families - Tracing Indo-European<br/>Lecture 10: Language Families - Diversity of Structures<br/>Lecture 11: Language Families - Clues to the Past<br/>Lecture 12: The Case Against the World's First Language<br/>Lecture 13: The Case For the World's First Language<br/>Lecture 14: Dialects - Subspecies of Species<br/>Lecture 15: Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line?<br/>Lecture 16: Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth<br/>Lecture 17: Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past<br/>Lecture 18: Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style<br/>Lecture 19: Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar<br/>Lecture 20: Language Mixture - Words<br/>Lecture 21: Language Mixture - Grammar<br/>Lecture 22: Language Mixture - Language Areas<br/>Lecture 23: Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty<br/>Lecture 24: Language Interrupted<br/>Lecture 25: A New Perspective on the Story of English<br/>Lecture 26: Does Culture Drive Language Change?<br/>Lecture 27: Language Starts Over - Pidgins<br/>Lecture 28: Language Starts Over - Creoles I<br/>Lecture 29: Language Starts Over - Creoles II<br/>Lecture 30: Language Starts Over - Signs of the New<br/>Lecture 31: Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum<br/>Lecture 32: What is Black English?<br/>Lecture 33: Language Death - The Problem<br/>Lecture 34: Language Death - Prognosis<br/>Lecture 35: Artificial Languages<br/>Lecture 36: Finale - Master Class<br/><br/>SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL<br/>Language Maps<br/>Timeline<br/>Glossary<br/>Bibliography |
| 521 8# - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
Not rated. |
| 538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE |
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| System details note |
DVD, region 1. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Literature |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Language |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Linguistics |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Historical Linguistics |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Human History |
| 710 ## - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
The Teaching Company |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/story-of-human-language.html">https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/story-of-human-language.html</a> |
| Public note |
Publisher's Website. |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1212362">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1212362</a> |
| Public note |
Check the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Matériaux mélangés |
