Bibliograph

The story of human language, John McWhorter, Part 1

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The story of human language, John McWhorter, Part 1

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The story of human language

Medium

videorecording DVD

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John McWhorter

Series statement

The great courses DVD

Summary

Presents 12 lectures on the history of language by John McWhorter, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Table Of Contents

What Is language? -- When language began -- How language changes--sound change -- How language changes--building new material -- How language changes--meaning and order -- How language changes--many directions -- How language changes--modern English -- Language families--Indo-European -- Language families--tracing Indo-European -- Language families--diversity of structures -- Language families--clues to the past -- The case against the world's first language -- The case for the world's first language

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Creator