Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language - Season 1 Episode 4 Civilization to Colonization

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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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

Writing is a relative latecomer to the history of language. This program tracks its emergence in Mesopotamia, China, and Mesoamerica and its down through the millennia via conquest—usually violent, sometimes benign—and colonization. The creation of creoles and pidgins resulting from the interaction of specific populations is also addressed, and speculation is made about the first things to be written down. Noam Chomsky; Peter , coeditor of The Worlds Writing Systems; the Manhattan Institutes John McWhorter; MITs Michel DeGraff; and Salikoko Mufwene, of The University of Chicago, contribute.

Year 2008

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

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Language English