Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language - Season 1 Episode 2 Constant Change

Name: Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language
Genre: Documentary
Released: 02 May 2008
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Cast: Noam Chomsky

2008-05-02 50 minutes.

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Documentary

Episodes
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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Apr 04, 2008

1 - 1

Let There Be Words Apr 04, 2008
1 - 2

Constant Change Apr 11, 2008
1 - 3

Mother Tongues Apr 18, 2008
1 - 4

Civilization to Colonization Apr 25, 2008
1 - 5

Life and Death May 02, 2008

Overview

In this program, John McWhorter, author of The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language; Lyle Campbell, of the University of Utah; Brian Joseph, of The Ohio State University; and population geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza examine factors that contributed to the diversification and spread of languages, including early migration, the introduction of agriculture, and genes. Language transfer from mother to child and from one population to the next is also investigated, along with the concept of dialects and commonalities among the worlds more than 6,000 languages.

Year 2008

Studio

Director

Crew Christene Browne (Director), Lee Michael Searles (Editor), Doug Groves (Visual Effects Editor), Donald Quan (Music), James Moore (Editor), Rohan Staton (Music Consultant)

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Language English