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Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

What is our species' greatest invention? Medicine, computers, space travel? Not even close. The innovation that underlies each of our past achievements and those we still aspire to is language. Language is the ultimate invention of Homo sapiens - one that has allowed us to change the physical and social world around us in every conceivable way, and an invention that has fundamentally changed us, as well.

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.

A new way of understanding language provides a powerful new foundation and a new set of tools for designing and re-designing your life, at home and at work, and everywhere in between. This is especially relevant for everyone seeking meaningful change in their lives, as well as those for whom building and maintaining mutually-beneficial relationships is important. And it's particularly useful for leaders, managers, salespeople and anyone else who "gets paid to have effective conversations"!

A podcast about multilingual education in New Mexico and beyond. We invite a wide variety of experts in the field of multilingual education to address theories, practices, policies, and issues related to multilingual education. The primary goal of the podcast is to provide a platform that brings the art and science of multilingual education from the classrooms, where it is practiced, to wider audiences. Your host is David Aram Wilson, a retired K-5 multilingual educator and currently a full-time lecturer at the University of New Mexico, where he educates future multilingual teachers. In ...

Being an English author in a new and different culture seems to work its magic when these two are placed together in the same spot with a rich vocabulary; ideas seem more fully formed and characters have another edge to their existence. For the outsider looking in, more can be revealed and shared with ourselves.

Es gibt bei deutschen Umgangsformen oft keine einfachen Antworten. Dennoch helfen Tipps zu Pünktlichkeit, Begrüßung und Verhalten, Unsicherheiten zu vermeiden.

A podcast series on Indigenous language revitalization efforts across Canada

Since ramen noodles came to Japan from China in the Meiji period, the Japanese have changed them very much.

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind audio experience: discover Paris through intimate, guided audio walking tours of the city's most historic and enchanting quarters. There are four tours for you to listen to as you walk through the City of Light, plus essential French words and phrases that every traveler wants to know.

For those who love traveling and learning about different cultures and countries around the world.

Lernen Sie in dieser Folge, wie Sie sich auf Englisch über das Leben in Vorstädten und Städten unterhalten und welche Unterschiede es zum Landleben gibt. Durch die gesprochenen Dialoge erlernen Sie die gängigsten Vokabeln und Redewendungen. Die Lektionen werden von englischen Muttersprachlern gesprochen, wodurch Sie spielend leicht Ihr Hörverständnis trainieren können. Darüber hinaus gibt es zum Beispiel einen "Guess the word"-Teil, bei dem Sie die gelernten Vokabeln trainieren und verinnerlichen können.

"Un país para enamorarse", ein Land zum Verlieben. ECOS Spanisch lernen Audio ruft einige grundlegende Dinge in Erinnerung, die man oft mit Spanien in Verbindung bringt: das maurische Erbe oder Begriffe wie "siesta" und "guerrilla". Außerdem berühmte Maler wie El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez und Goya. Hinzu kommen regionale Besonderheiten: die Pfeifsprache auf Gomera, die Menschentürme in Katalonien oder baskische Sportarten wie Pelota und Steineheben.