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Civilization to Colonization: Language Takes Written Form

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Abstract
Writing is a relative latecomer to the history of language. This program tracks its emergence in Mesopotamia, China, and Mesoamerica and its spread down through the millennia via conquest—usually violent, sometimes benign—and colonization. The creation of creoles and pidgins resulting from the interaction of specific populations is also addressed, and speculation is made about the first things to be written down. Noam Chomsky; Peter Daniels, coeditor of The World’s Writing Systems; the Manhattan Institute’s John McWhorter; MIT’s Michel DeGraff; and Salikoko Mufwene, of The University of Chicago, contribute.
Collection
Harry A. Sprague Library Collection
Subject
Historical linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Written communication -- History, Writing -- History, Communication -- History, Chinese philology -- History and criticism, Indians of Central America -- Languages, Pidgin languages
Series
Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language
Contributors
Barua, Stan (Director of photography), Browne, Christene (Producer), Browne, Christene (Director), Chomsky, Noam (Commentator), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor), Syncopated Productions
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00:47:52 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
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Higher education
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