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_aMcWhorter, John H. _d1965- |
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| 110 | _aManhattan Institute | ||
| 245 | 1 | 4 |
_aThe Story of Human Language / _cJohn McWhorter ; The Teaching Company. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aChantilly, VA : _bThe Teaching Company, _c2004. |
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_a6 DVDs (1080 min.) : _bsd., col. ; _c4 3/4 in. + _e1 course Guidebook (201 p. : ill. ; 19 cm) |
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| 440 | 0 | _aThe Great Courses | |
| 440 | 0 | _aLiterature and Language | |
| 440 | 0 | _aLinguistics | |
| 500 | _aIncludes 36 x 30 min. lectures. Also Includes Course Guidebook. | ||
| 504 | _aThe Course Guidebook includes a glossary and bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | _a"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) | ||
| 505 | _aCONTENTS: | ||
| 505 |
_aDISC 1
_tLecture 1. What is Language? _tLecture 2. When Language Began _tLecture 3. How Language Changes - Sound Change _tLecture 4. How Language Changes - Building New Material _tLecture 5. How Language Changes - Meaning and Order _tLecture 6. How Language Changes - Many Directions |
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| 505 |
_aDISC 2
_tLecture 7. How Language Changes - Modern English _tLecture 8. Language Families - Indo-European _tLecture 9. Language Families - Tracing Indo-European _tLecture 10. Language Families - Diversity of Structures _tLecture 11. Language Families - Clues to the Past _tLecture 12. The Case Against the World's First Language |
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| 505 |
_aDISC 3
_tLecture 13. The Case For the World's First Language _tLecture 14. Dialects - Subspecies of Species _tLecture 15. Dialects - Where Do You Draw The Line? _tLecture 16. Dialects - Two Tongues in One Mouth _tLecture 17. Dialects - The Standard as Token of the Past _tLecture 18. Dialects - Spoken Style, Written Style |
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| 505 |
_aDISC 4
_tLecture 19. Dialects - The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar _tLecture 20. Language Mixture - Words _tLecture 21. Language Mixture - Grammar _tLecture 22. Language Mixture - Language Areas _tLecture 23. Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty _tLecture 24. Language Interrupted |
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| 505 |
_aDISC 5
_tLecture 25. A New Perspective on the Story of English _tLecture 26. Does Culture Drive Language Change? _tLecture 27. Language Starts Over - Pidgins _tLecture 28. Language Starts Over - Creoles I _tLecture 29. Language Starts Over - Creoles II _tLecture 30. Language Starts Over - Signs of the New |
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| 505 |
_aDISC 6 _tLecture 31. Language Starts Over - the Creole Continuum _tLecture 32. What is Black English? _tLecture 33. Language Death - The Problem _tLecture 34. Language Death - Prognosis _tLecture 35. Artificial Languages _tLecture 36. Finale - Master Class |
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| 520 | 2 | _a"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 | _aDVD 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 | |
| 520 | 3 | _aCOURSE 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 | |
| 521 | 8 | _aNot rated. | |
| 538 | _aDVD, region 1. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aLiterature | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLanguage | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLinguistics | |
| 650 | 0 | _aHistorical Linguistics | |
| 650 | 0 | _aHuman History | |
| 710 | _aThe Teaching Company | ||
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