There are 9,600 people living on the Eastern Cherokee Reservation and fewer than 200 fluent Cherokee language speakers. The tribe’s New Kituwah Academy is helping the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians increase the number of fluent speakers and revitalize their language before it’s too late. This video news story was […]
Have you ever wondered why the universe exists and why we are a part of it? It’s a question that has puzzled scientists and philosophers for centuries. But physicist Stephen Wolfram has a fascinating theory that might just hold the answer. According to Wolfram, the universe is essentially a network […]
Humans are the only Earthlings with complex language. But at what cost was that ability acquired? In this episode, I visit Tetsuro Matsuzawa to learn about his influential cognitive tradeoff hypothesis. Available with YouTube Premium – https://www.youtube.com/premium/originals. To see if Premium is available in your country, click here: https://goo.gl/A3HtfP
Why do French-Canadians and English-Canadians have such a beef with each other? Thomas’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuiutGVyN_k
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LINKS to LEARN more: My video with Todd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2Rqn5vlAs Todd’s Channel: http://www.youtube.com/wombatron @tweetsauce http://www.facebook.com/VsauceGaming Exellenct wrap-up of English language histroy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_English_language “Uncleft Beholding”: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.language.artificial/msg/69250bac6c7cbaff How did early colonists speak: http://www.nicholasjohnpatrick.com/post/767354896/did-americans-in-1776-have-british-accents American dialects: http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/AmericanDialects.htm Extinct Bo Language: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8498534.stm Great book on English history (linked to part about british/american accents): http://books.google.com/books?id=ia5tHVtQPn8C&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&source=bl&ots=sKoutoLjVn&sig=H9BLiHPSMisgl93Yqk_3Lp77m9I&hl=en&ei=KdIvTKaEItG2nged17CKBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false Westinghouse […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The first thing to pop into your mind when you hear “Latino” is probably people from Latin America – places like Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, etc. But where […]
It’s fair to say that a lot of discourse today is derived from combat – like how political goals are often labeled “the war on ‘X’.” This influence is also seen in everyday conversation; many common idioms and phrases have surprisingly violent beginnings. This collection showcases some of the most […]
Today we begin our exploration of language and language learning with a deep dive into the sounds of language. How is sound produced, and what do all the fun symbols of the IPA mean? If you’re trying to learn a new language and struggling with pronunciation, buckle up as we […]
