Description |
6 videodiscs (ca. 18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide. |
Series |
The great courses, Science & mathematics |
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Great courses. Science & mathematics.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references included in course guidebook. |
Contents |
Part 1: Disc 1. Lecture 1. What is linguistics? ; Lecture 2. Sounds of language, consonants ; Lecture 3. Other sounds, vowels ; Lecture 4. In the head versus on the lips ; Lecture 5. How to make a word ; Lecture 6. Chomskyan Revolution -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Deep structure and surface structure ; Lecture 8. On-off switches of grammar ; Lecture 9. Shades of meaning and semantic roles ; Lecture 10. From sentence to storytelling ; Lecture 11. Language on its way to becoming a new one ; Lecture 12. Recovering languages of the past. |
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Part 2: Disc 3. Lecture 13. Where grammar comes from ; Lecture 14. Language change from old English to now ; Lecture 15. What is an impossible language? ; Lecture 16. How children learn to speak ; Lecture 17. How we learn language as adults ; Lecture 18. How you talk and how they talk -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. How class defines speech ; Lecture 20. Speaking differently, changing the language ; Lecture 21. Language and gender ; Lecture 22. Languages sharing the world, bilingualism ; Lecture 23. Languages sharing a sentence, code-switching ; Lecture 24. Rules of conversation. |
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Part 3: Disc 5. Lecture 25. What is this thing called language/ Lecture 26. Speech as action ; Lecture 27. Uses of talk from culture to culture ; Lecture 28. Does language channel thought? The evidence ; Lecture 29. Does language channel thought? New findings ; Lecture 30. Is language going to the dogs -- Disc 6. Lecture 31. Why languages are never perfect ; Lecture 32. Evolution of writing ; Lecture 33. Writing systems ; Lecture 34. Doing linguistics, with a head start ; Lecture 35. Doing linguistics, from the ground up ; Lecture 36. Evolution of language. |
Performer |
Lectures by John McWhorter. |
Summary |
Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by John McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, based on his courses in Linguistics. |
System Details |
DVDs |
Subject |
Language and languages.
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Historical linguistics.
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Linguistics.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Added Author |
McWhorter, John H.
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Teaching Company.
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Added Title |
Science of language |
ISBN |
1598034774 |
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9781598034776 |
Music No. |
2270 Teaching Company |
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PD2270-01 Teaching Company |
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PD2270-02 Teaching Company |
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PD2270-03 Teaching Company |
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