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🎧 Lecture 25 of The Story of Human Language by John McWhorter

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John McWhorter from The Great Courses: Linguistics

Lecture 25: A New Perspective on the Story of English
We trace English back to its earliest discernible roots in Proto-Indo-European and follow its fascinating development, including an ancient encounter with a language possibly related to Arabic and Hebrew.

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7 thoughts on “🎧 Lecture 25 of The Story of Human Language by John McWhorter”

The Great Courses says:

October 17, 2018 at 11:52 am

Enjoy this lecture, Chris and never stop learning!

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1. Chris Aldrich says:
  
  October 17, 2018 at 3:23 pm
  
  These lectures and Lerer’s are awesome, but are almost over. While a nice introduction, we’re going to need something beyond the introductory level in linguistics next… Anything brewing? #diggingdeeper #lifelonglearner
  
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