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The Story of Human Language

The Story of Human Language « Series from 2025

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Linguist Dr.

John McWhorter takes you on a fascinating, 36-lecture tour of the development of human language—he unfolds the story of how a single tongue spoken 300,000 years ago may have evolved into the estimated 7,000 languages used worldwide today.

Discover why, for the past century, linguistics has been one of the most exciting and productive fields in the social sciences.

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The Story of Human Language: What Is Language?

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What Is Language?

The Story of Human Language: When Language Began

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When Language Began

The Story of Human Language: How Language Changes: Sound Change

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How Language Changes: Sound Change

The Story of Human Language: How Language Changes: Building New Material

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How Language Changes: Building New Material

The Story of Human Language: How Language Changes: Meaning and Order

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How Language Changes: Meaning and Order

The Story of Human Language: How Language Changes: Many Directions

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How Language Changes: Many Directions

The Story of Human Language: How Language Changes: Modern English

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How Language Changes: Modern English

The Story of Human Language: Language Families: Indo-European

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Language Families: Indo-European

The Story of Human Language: Language Families: Tracing Indo-European

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Language Families: Tracing Indo-European

The Story of Human Language: Language Families: Diversity of Structures

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Language Families: Diversity of Structures

The Story of Human Language: Language Families: Clues to the Past

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Language Families: Clues to the Past

The Story of Human Language: The Case against the World’s First Language

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The Case against the World’s First Language

The Story of Human Language: The Case for the World’s First Language

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The Case for the World’s First Language

The Story of Human Language: Dialects: Subspecies of Species

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Dialects: Subspecies of Species

The Story of Human Language: Dialects: Where Do You Draw the Line?

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Dialects: Where Do You Draw the Line?

The Story of Human Language: Dialects: Two Tongues in One Mouth

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Dialects: Two Tongues in One Mouth

The Story of Human Language: Dialects: The Standard as Token of the Past

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Dialects: The Standard as Token of the Past

The Story of Human Language: Dialects: Spoken Style, Written Style

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Dialects: Spoken Style, Written Style

The Story of Human Language: Dialects: The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar

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Dialects: The Fallacy of Blackboard Grammar

The Story of Human Language: Language Mixture: Words

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Language Mixture: Words

The Story of Human Language: Language Mixture: Grammar

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Language Mixture: Grammar

The Story of Human Language: Language Mixture: Language Areas

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Language Mixture: Language Areas

The Story of Human Language: Language Develops beyond the Call of Duty

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Language Develops beyond the Call of Duty

The Story of Human Language: Language Interrupted

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Language Interrupted

The Story of Human Language: A New Perspective on the Story of English

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A New Perspective on the Story of English

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