Understanding linguistics : the science of language
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- ISBN: 1598034774
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Physical Description
videodisc
6 DVDs (approximately 1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Chantilly, VA : Great Courses (Teaching Company), [2008]
- Copyright ©2008
Content descriptions
General Note: | Course no. 2270. 36 lectures/30 minutes per lecture. GMD: videodisc. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director not given. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer, Professor John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated (Ont.). |