Language / / TVA Films (Firm)

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Infobase, [2006], c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 streaming video file (53 min.) : sd., col., digital file
• Soggetto topico: Communication; Culture; Interpersonal communication; Language and languages; Linguistics; Social structure
• Soggetto genere / forma: Educational films.; Internet videos.; Videorecording
• Nota di contenuto: Communication Within Species (2:31) -- Searching for the First Language (4:09) -- Indo-European Language: The Root of a Common Language System (3:07) -- Language in the Greco-Roman World (3:17) -- How Languages Evolved: Romance Languages (3:12) -- How Languages Evolved: English (3:18) -- England's Influence Around the World (3:46) -- Languages of the World (2:47) -- Languages in India (2:19) -- Tribal, State, and International Languages (4:43) -- Language: Innate or Learned? (3:58) -- Social Functions of Language (2:16) -- Levels of Language (3:11) -- How Languages Die (3:17) -- Need for a Universal Language? (3:45)
• Sommario/riassunto: Language is a social construct. It unites the individuals of a given community through a code that is understood by those who use it, ranging from street slang to the prescribed usage of grammar by an elite. This program examines language in a historical context and as a political tool. Since the advent of the printing press and, most recently, the Internet, English has become the universal language, replacing French. This has in turn meant the loss of many languages. Today only 6,000 are still spoken, and it is estimated that by the end of the 21st century, 90 percent of these will have disappeared.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language
• Formato: Videoregistrazioni
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910320015703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Art of communicating.; Behold humanity! a sociological perspective.