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Title:

In search of the first language [videorecording] / a Nova production by BBC-TV, in association with WGBH Boston.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

WGBH Educational Foundation,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. with some b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Language and languages--Origin
Linguistics.
Salish language.
Basque language
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Thomas, Peter.
Ruhlen, Merritt.
Renfrew, Colin, 1937-
Ringe, Donald A., 1954-
Matisoff, James A
White, Germaine.
Thomason, Sarah Grey.
Greenberg, Joseph Harold, 1915-
Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-
Labov, William.
Shevoroshkin, V. V. (Vitaliĭ Viktorovich)
Dolgopolʹskiĭ, A.
Stringer, Chris, 1947-
Hale, Christopher.
Wallace, Melanie
Bennett, Jana.
Holt, Sarah B.
Sabbagh, Karl
Apsell, Paula S.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Other Titles:

Nova (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary. Originally produced in 1992, BBC-TV version. Originally broadcast on the television program Nova. Licensed for individual viewing only. Narrator, Peter Thomas ; interviewees, Merritt Ruhlen, Colin Renfrew, Don Ringe, Jr., James Matisoff, Germaine White, Sarah Thomason, Joseph Greenberg, Luigi Cavalli-Sforza, William Labov, Vitaly Shevoroshkin, Aharon Dolgopolsky, Chris Stringer.

Summary:

Discusses the research that has been done on tracing the roots and families of languages, specifically the Indo-European and the Sino-Tibetan. Shows how certain words, through their sound and grammar can be considered part of a common family, and the evolution or death of a language through time.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)80388958

Locations:

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)