Language families of the world /
A professor of English delves into the past, present, and future of different languages.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Language families of the world / |c Professor John McWhorter, Columbia University. |
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| 500 | |a 34 lectures, 30 minutes each. | ||
| 546 | |a In English; Closed-captioned. | ||
| 520 | |a A professor of English delves into the past, present, and future of different languages. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Disc 1. |t Why are there so many languages? -- |t The first family discovered: Indo-European -- |t Indo-European languages in Europe -- |t Indo-European languages in Asia -- |t The click languages -- |t Niger-Congo: largest family in Africa I -- |g Disc 2. |t Niger-Congo: largest family in Africa II -- |t Languages of the fertile crescent and beyond I -- |t Languages of the fertile crescent and beyond II -- |t Nilo-Saharan: Africa's hardest languages? -- |t Is the Indo-European family alone in Europe? -- |t How to identify a language family -- |g Disc 3. What is a Caucasian language? -- |t Indian languages that aren't Indo-European -- |t Languages of the Silk Road and beyond -- |t Japanese and Korean: alike yet unrelated -- |t The languages we call Chinese -- |t Chinese's family circle: Sino-Tibetan -- |g Disc 4 |t Southeast Asian languages: The Sinosphere -- |t Languages of the South Seas I -- |t Languages of the South Seas II -- |t Siberia and beyond: language isolates -- |t Creole languages -- |t Why are there so many languages in New Guinea? -- |g Disc 5 |t The languages of Australia I -- |t The languages of Australia II -- |t The original American languages I |t The original American languages II |t The original American languages III |t The original American languages IV -- |g Disc 6 |t Languages caught between families -- |t How far back can we trace languages? -- |t What do genes say about language families? -- |t Language families and writing systems. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Linguistics. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Historical linguistics. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Language arts. | |
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