
The Story of Human Language
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2004
نویسنده
John Mcwhorterناشر
The Great Coursesشابک
9781682765135
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- نقد و بررسی
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Professor McWhorter covers aspects of linguistics such as sound change, cross-cultural relationships, word order, and vast verbal migrations. Although the material can be tedious and technical for a general audience, the professor injects vitality into subjects like talking parrots, Mandarin Chinese, and brain anatomy. The lectures try to be conversational and extemporaneous; occasional humor breaks the monotony as the speaker laughs at his own jokes. A few drops in vocal volume make some words inaudible. The plethora of examples--including guttural and unusual speech inflections--could never be demonstrated in any media but audio. Seven hundred pages of transcripts, outlines, maps, time lines, glossaries, and Internet resources come packaged with the course. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
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