Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language (Great Courses, by John McWhorter - 2008

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Chantilly, Virginia: The Great Courses, 2008. DVDs. As New. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4. Course Guidebook is included with 36 Lectures in three parts package is still in the original shrink-wrapped cellophane. We all use language every day of our lives. Language, regardless of the particular dialect spoken, is the tool we use to express our wants, our needs, and our feelings. Recently, many experts who study language have become convinced by an idea about this remarkable human trait that was, only a few decades ago, utterly revolutionary. These experts believe that the capacity for spoken language and the rules for its structure are not cultural but universal a set of rules shared by humans in every culture and that even may be hardwired into our brains. Moreover, these rules apply regardless of which of the world's 6,000 languages are being spoken. The 36 lectures of Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language taught by acclaimed linguist, author, and professor John McWhorter from Columbia… Read More

The Teaching Company, 2008. dvd. New. As new in original shrinkwrap. Includes companion guidebook.