Language Families of the World Episode 9, Languages of the Fertile Crescent and Beyond II Episode 9, Languages of the Fertile Crescent and Beyond II.

Streaming video - 2019

Move beyond the Semitic languages to look at other subfamilies of Afro-Asiatic, including what some call the “Berber” subfamily and several other subfamilies spoken south of the Sahara, and see what they can teach us about the nature of language. Close with a look at Somali oral poetry and its complex use of alliteration.

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Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2019.
2020.
Language
English
Other Authors
John McWhorter (film director)
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A Kanopy streaming video
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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