Great courses (DVD). Literature & language

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"Embark on an insightful journey into the quirks, curiosities, and intricacies of how our language works"--Container

Course No. 20010

30 lectures, 15 minutes each

Lecturer: Professor John McWhorter, Columbia University

DVD

In English; Closed-captioned

Disc 1: A for Aramic -- B for baby mama -- C for compounds -- D for double negatives -- E for etymology -- F for first words -- G for Greek alphabet -- H for Hobbits -- I for island -- J for Jamaican -- K for Ket -- L for like -- disc 2: M for Maltese -- N for native American English -- O for oldsters in cartoons -- P for plurals, Q for quiz -- R for R-lessness -- S for she -- T for tone -- U for understand -- V for vocabulary -- W for what's up, doc? -- X for !Xóõ, Y for Yiddish -- Z for Zed