GEN108 - Is linguistics a science?
In this video, Prof. Martin Hilpert discusses three parallels between linguistics and natural sciences such as biology and physics. It also highlights three differences.
From playlist Linguistics - A First Encounter
Phonetics - Consonants: Crash Course Linguistics #8
The letters in a word don’t always match the sounds they represent, and people can pronounce words in different ways. Lucky for us, linguists have tools to help understand and communicate speech sounds. In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we’ll begin our discussion of phonetics, t
From playlist Linguistics
Language Change and Historical Linguistics: Crash Course Linguistics #13
Language is constantly changing. Today’s small changes could lead to entirely new dialects or languages in the future. We can’t predict how these changes will occur, but we can better understand the path a language has taken through historical linguistics. In this episode of Crash Course L
From playlist Linguistics
What is Language? Enter Saussure (Part 2)
This is the second part of a series of videos on the nature of language. The aim of the series is to convey research findings to the general public. In this episode, we introduce Ferdinand de Saussure and talk about some of his revolutionary contributions to linguistics. Illustrated by L
From playlist What is Language?
Sociolinguistics: Crash Course Linguistics #7
Language is an important part of our identities, and the ways we feel about how others use language is influenced by society. The study of the social element of language, and how it forms part of our identity is sociolinguistics. In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we’ll learn abo
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What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1
Language is everywhere. Linguistics is the study of language, but what does that even mean? In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we'll begin talking about some of the features and levels of structure of language, and introduce some of the other topics we'll be covering throughout t
From playlist Linguistics
Writing Systems: Crash Course Linguistics #16
All societies have spoken or signed language, but not all languages have a written form. Since writing developed in different ways in different places, writing systems differ greatly around the world. In this final episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we’ll learn about writing systems, als
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Morphology: Crash Course Linguistics #2
What even is a word? Well… linguists don’t really know! But that’s ok! When linguists want to get super specific, we don’t even talk about words, we talk about morphemes instead. In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we’re diving into the topic of morphology and what makes up these
From playlist Linguistics
Noam Chomsky's Reflections on Philosophy and Linguistics (Part 1) | Closer To Truth Chats
Closer To Truth has just launched a new website! We can't wait for you to see what we've been working on. New seasons (including the web debut of Season 21), interviews, topic guides, curated playlists, candid conversations, book excerpts, essays, and announcements. Visit today: www.Closer
From playlist Closer To Truth Chats
Empires before World War I | Khan Academy
Austria-Hungary. Ottoman empire. British, German, French and Russian empires. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-hist/world-war-i-tutorial/v/german-and-italian-empires-in-1914 Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/humanitie
From playlist 1450 - Present | AP World History | Khan Academy
Bernard Geoghegan, “The Difficulty of Gift-Giving: Cybernetics and Postwar French Thought”
A historian and theorist of digital media, Geoghegan is a senior lecturer in Media and Communications at Coventry University and a visiting associate professor in Film and Media Studies at Yale University. He also works as a curator and educational programmer for the Anthropocene Project a
From playlist Whitney Humanities Center
GEN102 - Language and Linguistics
This E-Lecture is the first of the series "Introduction to Linguistics". It discusses the central terms "language" and "linguistics", provides an overview of the field of linguistics with its main branches, and lists several arguments that should motivate you to deal with linguistics.
From playlist VLC300 - Applied Linguistics
2015 Castle Lectures - Africa, A Search for Causes: Why has Africa been the “Final Frontier”?
The 2015 Castle Lectures - Africa: The Last Frontier for Development – Lecture 3: A Search for Causes: Why has Africa been the “Final Frontier”? Africa has lagged the rest of the developing world in terms of economic development, health, the establishment of social order, and the consolida
From playlist Castle Lecture Series
General Linguistics - Questions of the Month (January 2013)
Is the uvula an active articulator or not? Are /i:/ and /u:/ diphthongs in RP? Does Yoda, the Star Wars Jedi Knight use OSV in declarative sentences? Does the feature [-coronal] exclude [+anterior] or not? These and other "questions of the month" that were asked in connection with the vide
From playlist Linguistic Questions of the Month
Lecture 23: Historical Linguistics
MIT 24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2022 Instructor: Prof. Norvin W. Richards View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/24-900-introduction-to-linguistics-spring-2022/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63BZGNOqrF2qf_yxOjuG35j This v
From playlist MIT 24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2022
SICSS 2018 - History of Quantitative Text Analysis (Day 3. June 20, 2018)
Chris Bail talks about the history of quantitative text analysis at the 2018 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science at Duke University. Slides and materials available here: https://compsocialscience.github.io/summer-institute/2018/teaching-learning-materials
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So far away, yet so close: The correspondence of Ignaz Goldziher between 1863 & 1922 - Kinga Dévényi
Scholarly Correspondences Among Orientalists during the Early and Late Modern Period as a Historical Source: A Series of Lectures. Topic: So far away, yet so close: The correspondence of Ignaz Goldziher between 1863 and 1922 Speaker: Kinga Dévényi Affiliation: independent scholar Date: Ma
From playlist Historical Studies
What makes a language... a language? - Martin Hilpert
Dig into the distinction between a language and a dialect, and uncover the history of standardized languages. -- Outside of China, Mandarin and Cantonese are often referred to as Chinese dialects, despite being even more dissimilar than Spanish and Italian. On the other hand, speakers of
From playlist New TED-Ed Originals
Psych9B. Psychology Fundamentals. Lecture 13
UCI Psych 9B: Psych Fundamentals (Fall 2015) Lec 13. Psych Fundamentals View the complete course: http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/psych_9bpsy_beh_11b_psychology_fundamentals.html Instructor: Mark Steyvers, Ph.D. License: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA Terms of Use: http://ocw.uci.edu/info. More cou
From playlist Psych 9B: Psych Fundamentals