(SET) Language A to Z & Story of Human Language

(SET) Language A to Z & Story of Human Language

(SET) Language A to Z & Story of Human Language

Join celebrated linguist and Great Courses professor John McWhorter for a fascinating two-course exploration of the secrets of human language. In the twenty-four 15-minute lectures of Language A to Z, use the English alphabet as a unique, offbeat way to hopscotch through some of the major topics, hot-button issues, and curious factoids in linguistics. And in Story of Human Language, experience the story of how a single tongue spoken 300,000 years ago may have evolved into the estimated 7,000 languages used worldwide today.

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