The story of human language: Parts I-III

What Is language?

When language began

How language changes

sound change

How language changes

building new material

How language changes

meaning and order

How language changes

many directions

How language changes

modern English

Language families

Indo-European

Language families

tracing Indo-European

Language families

diversity of structures

Language families

clues to the past

The case against the world's first language

The case for the world's first language

Dialects-subspecies of species

Dialects

where do you draw the line?

Dialects

two tongues in one mouth

Dialects

the standard as token of the past

Dialects

spoken style, written style

Dialects

the fallacy of blackboard grammar

Language mixture

words

Language mixture

grammar

Language mixture

language areas

Language develops beyond the call of duty

Language interrupted

A new perspective on the story of English

Does culture drive language change?

Language starts over

Pidgins

Language starts over

Creoles I

Language starts over

Creoles II

Language starts over

signs of the new

Language Starts Over

the Creole continuum

What Is Black English?

Language death

the problem

Language death

prognosis

Artificial languages

Finale

master class.