Understanding linguistics : the science of language
(DVD)

Part 1: Disc 1. Lecture 1. What is linguistics? ; Lecture 2. Sounds of language, consonants ; Lecture 3. Other sounds, vowels ; Lecture 4. In the head versus on the lips ; Lecture 5. How to make a word ; Lecture 6. Chomskyan Revolution --

Disc 2. Lecture 7. Deep structure and surface structure ; Lecture 8. On-off switches of grammar ; Lecture 9. Shades of meaning semantic roles ; Lecture 10. From sentence to storytelling ; Lecture 11. Language on its way to becoming a new one ; Lecture 12. Recovering languages of the past.

Part 2: Disc 3. Lecture 13. Where grammar comes from ; Lecture 14. Language change from old English to now ; Lecture 15. What is an impossible language? ; Lecture 16. How children learn to speak ; Lecture 17. How we learn language as adults ; Lecture 18. How you talk and how they talk --

Disc 4. Lecture 19. How class defines speech ; Lecture 20. Speaking differently, changing the language ; Lecture 21. Language and gender ; Lecture 22. Languages sharing the world, bilingualism ; Lecture 23. Languages sharing a sentence, code-switching ; Lecture 24. Rules of conversation.

Part 3: Disc 5. Lecture 25. What is this thing called language/ Lecture 26. Speech as action ; Lecture 27. Uses of talk from culture to culture ; Lecture 28. Does language channel thought? The evidence ; Lecture 29. Does language channel thought? New findings ; Lecture 30. Is language going to the dogs --

Disc 6. Lecture 31. Why languages are never perfect ; Lecture 32. Evolution of writing ; Lecture 33. Writing systems ; Lecture 34. Doing linguistics, with a head start ; Lecture 35. Doing linguistics, from the ground up ; Lecture 36. Evolution of language.