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The Foundations of Language
by Michael Drout
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture Professor Michael Drout focuses on language as a whole and how it develops and is learned. He points out the amazing ability that children have for speaking and comprehending a language...
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LearnOutLoud.com's Focus on Language Learning
Available on: Audio Download
Here the guys give you an overview of the major language learning programs available on audio, and even take a crack at learning a few phrases on the air!
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Words and Rules
by Steven Pinker
Available on: Online Video
Why does a three year-old say “I went,” then six months later start saying “I goed”? When you first heard the word “fax,” how did you know the past tense is “faxed”?
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The Idea of Universality in Linguistics and Human Rights
by Noam Chomsky
Available on: Online Video
If humans have a common, in-born capacity for language, and for such complex behaviors as morality, might the faculties be somehow linked?
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Climbing Parnassus
by Tracy Lee Simmons
Available on: Online Audio | Online Video
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
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Biolinguistics Explorations
by Noam Chomsky
Available on: Online Audio
This week's show broadcast a lecture by Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky.
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Verbatim - Erin McKean speaks at Google
by Erin McKean
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
Erin McKean, editor and lexicographer for the New Oxford American Dictionary, tells Google the ten things she wishes people knew about dictionaries, how people go about making new words, and how lexicographers use Google.
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