DYSA Ebonics controversy -- Ann Arbor, MI school board

This clip from the documentary "Do you speak American?" discusses the landmark 1979 court case (MLK Jr. Elementary school kids vs. Ann Arbor MI school board)...

Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language series promo

Currently there are more than 6000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theor...

Tongues Series promo

Currently there are more than 6000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theor...

DYSA Linguistic profiling -- John Baugh

In this clip from the documentary "Do you speak American?", linguist John Baugh discusses linguistic profiling -- the practice by which someone judges someon...

Language: the Nativist/Empiricist Debate

Is language a cultural artifact created by humans or is it hardwired in the brain? Is language an external tool or an internal instinct? Do we check if a sen...

05) Linguistic Debate Triggers Revolution

Chomsky Vs Skinner - mental organs, e.g. for grammar, mentalism, nativism & Fodor's 'machine language' of thought.

The Old Testament Prophets # 29 -- Controversy and Hope

The Old Testament Prophets # 29 -- Controversy and Hope The Old Testament Prophets -- The final part in a 4 part series on the Prophet Micah Hosted by Fr. Mi...

Egyptian Race Controversy Settled-Afrocentrics debunked in full

Afrocentrics in their delusions claim that the inhabitants of north Africa in antiquity were predominantly black. A absurd claim not supported by linguistic,...

Bilingual Education Pt. 4/6

Guadalupe Martinez Chicano Studies 172 University of California, Berkeley References: Arias, Beatriz. "School Desegregation, Linguistic Segregation and Acces...

Off the Wall: New Study of Creativity & Language

Speaker: Keming Liu The familiar debate over language and thought rears its head again with the publication of William C. Hannas's controversial book, "The W...