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有声电子书名(Audiobook name)：

The Story of Human Language Unabridged (mp3) 18hrs

语言(Language)：

英语(English)

书籍英文简介：

The Story of Human Language

Delivered by: Professor Seth Lerer (University of California at San Diego)

Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins

Release Date: 07-08-13

Publisher: The Great Courses

Language basics. In Lecture 1, you start by comparing human language to animal communication and ask, how valid are claims that animals such as chimpanzees have rudimentary language skills? Then you look at intriguing evidence that links a specific gene to the ability to use language. The first appearance of this gene in humans has been calculated and gives a surprisingly early date for the birth of language.

Chomsky’s revolution. In Lecture 2, Professor McWhorter notes that linguists are often mistakenly thought to be translators or experts on word histories. But their work takes them far deeper into language. For example, Noam Chomsky and his coworkers have been searching for the grammatical properties common to all languages—an effort that has revolutionized linguistics, though not without controversy.

Change is the norm. In Lectures 3–7, you learn the specific mechanisms responsible for language change, from phenomena such as the tone system in Chinese to the gradual shift in the meanings of words over time. You will find that even the parts of Shakespeare you believe you understand may not mean what you think.

Beginnings. In Lectures 8–13, you explore language families, starting with Indo-European, comprising languages from India to Ireland including English. Other language families discussed are Semitic, Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Bantu, and Native American. You also look at the heated debate over the first language.

Dialects. In Lectures 14–19, you cover dialects. Often one dialect is chosen as the standard, and when it is used in writing, it changes more slowly than the dialects that are just spoken. One consequence is that people who speak written languages are often taught that the constructions they produce spontaneously are errors.

Mixing it up. In Lectures 20–22, you study the phenomenon of language mixture. The first language’s 6,000 branches have not only diverged into dialects, but they have been constantly mixing with one another on all levels: vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and usage. As a result, English comprises a vocabulary of largely borrowed terms.

How English got that way. In Lectures 23–25, you learn how processes of change lead some languages to develop more grammatical machinery than they need, while others become streamlined, shedding such complexities. English is an interesting example of the latter tendency.

Prisoner of grammar? In Lecture 26, you examine the famous Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which proposes that features of our grammars channel how we think.

New languages from old. In Lectures 27–32, Professor McWhorter focuses on pidgins and creoles. When people learn a language quickly without being explicitly taught, they develop a pidgin version of it. Then if they need to use this pidgin on an everyday basis it becomes a real language, a creole. Some people argue that Black English is a creole, and Professor McWhorter devotes a lecture to this issue.

Extinction. In Lectures 33 and 34, you come full circle. Having explored the processes that give birth to new languages, you now learn how languages become extinct and what can be done to preserve them.

Conclusion. In Lectures 35 and 36, you explore artificial languages, including Esperanto and sign languages for the deaf, and conclude by examining a single English sentence etymologically. In the process, you learn how word histories reflect the phenomena of language change and mixture worldwide.

书籍中文简介(Translated by 百度翻译)：

人文故事

交付方式：Seth Lerer教授（加州大学圣地亚哥分校）

长度：18小时15分钟

推出日期：07-08-13

出版社：大学课程

语言基础在讲座1中，您首先比较人类语言与动物交流，并询问黑猩猩等动物如何掌握基本语言技能？然后，您将看到有趣的证据将特定基因与使用语言的能力联系起来。这种基因在人类中的首次出现已经被计算出来，并且为语言的诞生提供了惊人的早期日期。

乔姆斯基的革命。在讲座2中，麦克沃特教授指出，语言学家经常被误认为翻译者或词汇史专家。但他们的工作使他们更深入语言。例如，诺姆·乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky）和他的同事们一直在寻找所有语言共同的语法属性 - 这种努力使语言学变革，尽管没有争议。

变化是规范。在讲座3-7中，您将学习语言变化的具体机制，从汉语中的音调系统到随着时间的推移逐渐改变词语的含义。你会发现，即使你相信你所理解的莎士比亚的部分也许并不意味着你的想法。

开端。在第8-13课中，您将探索语言家庭，从印度欧洲开始，包括印度到爱尔兰的语言，包括英语。所讨论的其他语言家庭是犹太人，中西藏人，南岛人，班图人和美洲土着人。你也看看第一语言的激烈辩论。

方言。在讲座14-19中，你讲方言。通常选择一种方言作为标准，当用于书面形式时，其变化比刚刚说出的方言变得更慢。一个后果是，通常教授说书面语言的人自发地产生的结构是错误的。

混合起来在20-22讲座中，您将学习语言混合现象。第一语言的6000个分支不仅分化成方言，而且在各个层面上都不断混合：词汇，语法，语法和用法。因此，英语包含大量借阅术语的词汇。

这样英文怎么样在第23-25课中，您将了解变革过程如何引导一些语言开发更多的语法机制，而其他机制则变得流线型化，脱颖而出。英语是后一种倾向的一个有趣的例子。

囚犯的语法？在第26讲中，您将考察着名的Sapir-Whorf假说，其中提出我们的语法特征引导我们的想法。

从旧的新语言。在第二十二至二十三讲中，麦克沃特教授主要研究p ins和克里奥尔语。当人们在没有明确教导的情况下快速学习语言时，就会开发出一个pidgin版本。然后，如果他们需要每天使用这个pidgin，它将成为一种真正的语言，一种克里奥尔语。有些人认为黑人英语是一个克里奥尔语，麦克沃特教授就这个问题讲了一个讲座。

灭绝。在第33和34讲中，你圆满完成。在探索生成新语言的过程之后，您现在将学习语言如何灭绝以及如何保护它们。

结论。在35和36讲座中，您将探索人造语言，包括世界语和聋哑手语，并从词源学上检查一个单一的英语句子。在这个过程中，您将学习词汇历史如何反映语言变化和全球混合现象。

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