| Description |
1 online resource (36 video files (approximately 1080 min.)) : sound, color. |
|
digital rda |
|
video file rda |
| Series |
The great courses. Literature & language. Writing. |
|
The great courses. |
|
Great courses (DVD)
|
|
Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. Writing.
|
| Contents |
Episode 1 Winning Words, Banished Words Episode 2 The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death Episode 3 The Human Hands behind Dictionaries Episode 4 Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps Episode 5 Yarn and Clues Episode 6 Smog, Mob, Bling Episode 7 Often versus "Offen" Episode 8 Fighting over Zippers Episode 9 Opening the Early English Word-Hoard Episode 10 Safe and Sound Episode 11 Magnifical Dexterity Episode 12 Chutzpah to Pajamas Episode 13 The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide Episode 14 Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans Episode 15 Foot and Pedestrian Episode 16 Desultory Somersaults Episode 17 Analogous Prologues Episode 18 The Tough Stuff of English Spelling Episode 19 The b in Debt Episode 20 Of Mice, Men, and Y'All Episode 21 I'm Good ... Or Am I Well? Episode 22 How Snuck Sneaked In Episode 23 Um, Well, Like, You Know Episode 24 Wicked Cool Episode 25 Boy Toys and Bad Eggs Episode 26 Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude Episode 27 Firefighters and Freshpersons Episode 28 A Slam Dunk Episode 29 Fooling Around Episode 30 Gung Ho Episode 31 Filibustering Episode 32 LOL Episode 33 #$@%! Episode 34 Couldn't (or Could) Care Less Episode 35 Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps Episode 36 Playing Fast and Loose with Words. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Anne Curzan, University of Michigan. |
| Summary |
It's a human impulse to play with language and to create new words and meanings - but also to worry about the decay of language. But by studying how and why language changes and the story behind the everyday words in our lexicon, we can learn a lot about ourselves - how our minds work and how our culture has changed over the centuries. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
English language -- History.
|
| Added Author |
hoopla digital.
|
| Music No. |
MWT12229597 |
|
