Language A to Z. Episode 17, R for R-lessness Episode 17, R for R-lessness.

Streaming video - 2020

One of the strange things about language: To a large extent, we use it subconsciously. Professor McWhorter offers a panoramic sense of this idea by zeroing in on just one sound, "R," and its growing disappearance in British and American English (e.g., pronouncing corner not as "cor-ner" but "caw-nuh").

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Education films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2020.
2023.
Language
English
Other Authors
The Great Courses (film director), John McWhorter (actor)
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A Kanopy streaming video
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (17 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).