TY - ADVS AU - McWhorter,John H. ED - Manhattan Institute ED - The Teaching Company TI - The Story of Human Language AV - P140 .M39 2004d PY - 2004/// CY - Chantilly, VA PB - The Teaching Company KW - Literature KW - Language KW - Linguistics KW - Historical Linguistics KW - Human History N1 - Includes 36 x 30 min. lectures. Also Includes Course Guidebook; The Course Guidebook includes a glossary and bibliographical references; "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); CONTENTS: ; DISC 1 ; Lecture 1. What is Language? ; Lecture 2. When Language Began ; Lecture 3. How Language Changes - Sound Change ; Lecture 4. How Language Changes - Building New Material ; Lecture 5. How Language Changes - Meaning and Order ; Lecture 6. How Language Changes - Many Directions ; DISC 2 ; Lecture 7. How Language Changes - Modern English ; Lecture 8. Language Families - Indo-European ; Lecture 9. Language Families - Tracing Indo-European ; Lecture 10. Language Families - Diversity of Structures ; Lecture 11. Language Families - Clues to the Past ; Lecture 12. The Case Against the World's First Language ; DISC 3 ; Lecture 13. The Case For the World's First Language ; Lecture 14. Dialects - Subspecies of Species ; Lecture 15. Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line? ; Lecture 16. Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth ; Lecture 17. Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past ; Lecture 18. Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style ; DISC 4 ; Lecture 19. Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar ; Lecture 20. Language Mixture - Words ; Lecture 21. Language Mixture - Grammar ; Lecture 22. Language Mixture - Language Areas ; Lecture 23. Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty ; Lecture 24. Language Interrupted ; DISC 5 ; Lecture 25. A New Perspective on the Story of English ; Lecture 26. Does Culture Drive Language Change? ; Lecture 27. Language Starts Over - Pidgins ; Lecture 28. Language Starts Over - Creoles I ; Lecture 29. Language Starts Over - Creoles II ; Lecture 30. Language Starts Over - Signs of the New ; DISC 6; Lecture 31. Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum ; Lecture 32. What is Black English? ; Lecture 33. Language Death - The Problem ; Lecture 34. Language Death - Prognosis ; Lecture 35. Artificial Languages ; Lecture 36. Finale - Master Class ; Not rated N2 - "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); DVD CONTENTS: DISC 1 Lecture 1. What is Language? Lecture 2. When Language Began Lecture 3. How Language Changes - Sound Change Lecture 4. How Language Changes - Building New Material Lecture 5. How Language Changes - Meaning and Order Lecture 6. How Language Changes - Many Directions DISC 2 Lecture 7. How Language Changes - Modern English Lecture 8. Language Families - Indo-European Lecture 9. Language Families - Tracing Indo-European Lecture 10. Language Families - Diversity of Structures Lecture 11. Language Families - Clues to the Past Lecture 12. The Case Against the World's First Language DISC 3 Lecture 13. The Case For the World's First Language Lecture 14. Dialects - Subspecies of Species Lecture 15. Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line? Lecture 16. Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth Lecture 17. Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past Lecture 18. Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style DISC 4 Lecture 19. Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar Lecture 20. Language Mixture - Words Lecture 21. Language Mixture - Grammar Lecture 22. Language Mixture - Language Areas Lecture 23. Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty Lecture 24. Language Interrupted DISC 5 Lecture 25. A New Perspective on the Story of English Lecture 26. Does Culture Drive Language Change? Lecture 27. Language Starts Over - Pidgins Lecture 28. Language Starts Over - Creoles I Lecture 29. Language Starts Over - Creoles II Lecture 30. Language Starts Over - Signs of the New DISC 6 Lecture 31. Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum Lecture 32. What is Black English? Lecture 33. Language Death - The Problem Lecture 34. Language Death - Prognosis Lecture 35. Artificial Languages Lecture 36. Finale - Master Class; COURSE GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION Professor Biography Course Scope LECTURE GUIDES Lecture 1: What is Language? Lecture 2: When Language Began Lecture 3: How Language Changes - Sound Change Lecture 4: How Language Changes - Building New Material Lecture 5: How Language Changes - Meaning and Order Lecture 6: How Language Changes - Many Directions Lecture 7: How Language Changes - Modern English Lecture 8: Language Families - Indo-European Lecture 9: Language Families - Tracing Indo-European Lecture 10: Language Families - Diversity of Structures Lecture 11: Language Families - Clues to the Past Lecture 12: The Case Against the World's First Language Lecture 13: The Case For the World's First Language Lecture 14: Dialects - Subspecies of Species Lecture 15: Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line? Lecture 16: Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth Lecture 17: Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past Lecture 18: Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style Lecture 19: Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar Lecture 20: Language Mixture - Words Lecture 21: Language Mixture - Grammar Lecture 22: Language Mixture - Language Areas Lecture 23: Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty Lecture 24: Language Interrupted Lecture 25: A New Perspective on the Story of English Lecture 26: Does Culture Drive Language Change? Lecture 27: Language Starts Over - Pidgins Lecture 28: Language Starts Over - Creoles I Lecture 29: Language Starts Over - Creoles II Lecture 30: Language Starts Over - Signs of the New Lecture 31: Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum Lecture 32: What is Black English? Lecture 33: Language Death - The Problem Lecture 34: Language Death - Prognosis Lecture 35: Artificial Languages Lecture 36: Finale - Master Class SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Language Maps Timeline Glossary Bibliography UR - https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/story-of-human-language.html UR - https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1212362 ER -