Videos by topic: Linguistics

Song called: Linguistics from Cunnin' Lynguists

www.babelnomore.com Michael Erard, researching his study of polyglots, films Alexander Arguelles describing his daily language-learning regimen.

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1 Interpreting Media NLP Neuro-linguistic programming Neuro-linguistic programming (or NLP) is a controversial interpersonal communication model applied in psychotherapy and other contexts of...

Interview with Julia Kristeva

In Janet Goodwin's classroom, small talk can be just as important as correct grammar. A lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL since 1986, Goodwin uses video clips of...

Scientists estimate that of 7000 languages in the world, half will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks. THE LINGUISTS follows David Harrison and...

HUD as on Linguistic Profiling Catherine Davies

Huliganov hosts a seasonal quiz for those interested in things linguistic. In case you cannot hear or understand all the questions and options properly, I'll write them here. This will also be the...

Discusses the linguistic profiling research of John Baugh. Linguistic profiling is when are discriminated against on the basis of perceived dialect (see also: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Also...

Linguists are frequently asked to help the police and courts when there is a dispute over the authorship of a written text -- suicide note, abusive or threatening letter, email or text message. In...

Catherine Davies Class

Discusses linguistic discrimination of African American dialects and a court case that has helped to prevent further discrimination based on language. ---- Transcript When rural southern blacks...

"Nothing is more fun than doing my job," says Russell Schuh. A professor at UCLA since 1975, Schuh gets paid for doing his hobbies: teaching linguistics and doing descriptive, comparative,...