Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Title: Language families of the world / Professor John McWhorter, Columbia University. Publisher, Date: Chantilly, Va. : The Great Courses, [2019] ©2019 Description: 6 videodiscs (17 hr.) : sound, color, 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (vi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). digital video video file DVD Summary: A professor of English delves into the past, present, and future of different languages. Series: The great courses. Literature & Language. Linguistics. Great courses (DVD) Subjects: Linguistics. Historical linguistics. Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) Language arts. Genre: Filmed lectures. Educational films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Other Author: McWhorter, John H., lecturer. Teaching Company. Notes: Course No. 2235. Title from container. 30 lectures, 30 minutes each. Lecturer: Professor John McWhorter, Columbia University. DVD. In English; Closed-captioned. Contents: Why are there so many languages? -- The first family discovered: Indo-European -- Indo-European languages in Europe -- Indo-European languages in Asia -- The click languages -- Niger-Congo: largest family in Africa I -- Niger-Congo: largest family in Africa II -- Languages of the fertile crescent and beyond I -- Languages of the fertile crescent and beyond II -- Nilo-Saharan: Africa's hardest languages? -- Is the Indo-European family alone in Europe? -- How to identify a language family -- Indian languages that aren't Indo-European -- Languages of the Silk Road and beyond -- Japanese and Korean: alike yet unrelated -- The languages we call Chinese -- Chinese's family circle: Sino-Tibetan -- Southeast Asian languages: The Sinosphere -- Languages of the South Seas I -- Languages of the South Seas II -- Siberia and beyond: language isolates -- Creole languages -- Why are there so many languages in New Guinea? -- The languages of Australia I -- The languages of Australia II -- The original American languages I The original American languages II The original American languages III The original American languages IV -- Languages caught between families -- How far back can we trace languages? -- What do genes say about language families? -- Language families and writing systems. ISBN: 9781629976372 1629976377 9781629976372 Publisher Number: ID2235A-01 Other Number: 1085671628 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 777671 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: GREAT DVD 410 Language Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
