Language A to Z

Format:

Video disc

Title:

Language A to Z

ISBN:

9781629979786

Publication:

Chantilly, Va. : The Great Courses, 2020.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color, 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

Series title(s):

Great courses (DVD).

General Note:

Title from container.

Course No. 20010.

24 lectures, 15 minutes each.

Contents:

Disc 1: A for Aramic -- B for baby mama -- C for compounds -- D for double negatives -- E for etymology -- F for first words -- G for Greek alphabet -- H for Hobbits -- I for island -- J for Jamaican -- K for Ket -- L for like -- disc 2: M for Maltese -- N for native American English -- O for oldsters in cartoons -- P for plurals, Q for quiz -- R for R-lessness -- S for she -- T for tone -- U for understand -- V for vocabulary -- W for what's up, doc? -- X for !Xóõ, Y for Yiddish -- Z for Zed.

Summary:

"Embark on an insightful journey into the quirks, curiosities, and intricacies of how our language works"--Container.

Subject(s):

Linguistics.

Language and languages.

Genre:

lectures.

Educational films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Added Author:

McWhorter, John H.

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

There's a lot that's quirky and intriguing about how human language works, and much of it is downright fun to learn about. Here's a delightful way to get access, bite-sized introductions to language in Language A to Z. These 24 fifteen-minute lectures by Professor John McWhorter, one of the best-known popularizers of language, use the English alphabet as a unique, offbeat way to let viewers hopscotch through some of the field's major topics, hot-button issues, curious factoids, and more.