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In these 24 thought-provoking lectures, you'll investigate how social differences based on factors such as region, class, ethnicity, occupation, gender, and age are inseparable from language differences. Further, you'll explore how these linguistic differences arise, and how they both reflect and generate our social systems.

Professor John McWhorter of Columbia University takes you back through time and around the world, following the linguistic trails left by generations of humans that lead back to the beginnings of language. Utilizing historical theories and cutting-edge research, these 34 astonishing lectures will introduce you to the major language families of the world and their many offspring, including a variety of languages that are no longer spoken but provide vital links between past and present.

"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects...

A timely and moving collection from the renowned inaugural poet on issues facing our country and people—immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more. Through an oracular yet intimate and accessible voice, Richard Blanco addresses the complexities and contradictions of our...

Language is the only identity tool Kurds have carried throughout history. In modern days there are many challenges for Kurdish speakers, due to lack of a standard formal language and script . In this series, SBS Kurdish introduces the Australian Kurdish community to innovative approaches for addressing these challenges. - Ziman wek nasnameyekî be hêz mawetewe bo gelî Kurd be drêjayî mêjû da. Bellam Kurd-zimanan rûberûy astengîyekî zor bûnete we le mêjûy modern da, be hoyî nebûnî zimanêkî û alfûbêkî standard. Le em zincîreye da, Bernamey SBS Kurdî, rrûwangey nwê ...