TV series
Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language
2008 · 1 season
A calm, thoughtful lecture that asks you to listen closely and leaves you noticing language everywhere.
- Created by
- Christene Browne
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Noam Chomsky
- Overview
- Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies while evaluating the scope of linguistic diversity, the dissemination of language, the expansion of language into written form, and the life cycle of language.
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, race, colonialism, education
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Christene Browne
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Noam Chomsky
