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  1. Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation (2012 Audio)

    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature; Linguistics
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 75), £10.00

    Audio CD featuring speeches and scenes performed as Shakespeare might have heard them. Under the guidance of Ben Crystal, actor and expert in original Shakespearean pronunciation in performance, a company of...

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  2. Noam Chomsky: Extraordinary Minds (2011)

    Subject
    Linguistics; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 49 minutes), £85.00

    Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) within the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Chomsky is considered among the most important intellectual...

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  3. Rsa Animate: Language As a Window into Human Nature (2011)

    Subject
    Psychiatry; Psychology

    In this RSA Animate, Steven Pinker explains how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. Th transcript of this talk can be downloaded as a pdf file. [11 minutes]

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  4. Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language (5 Parts) (2009)

    Subject
    Languages; Linguistics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 250 minutes ), $599.95 (set)

    Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies, while evaluating the scope...

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  5. Linguistics of British Sign Language (1999)

    Subject
    Linguistics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.95

    This 90 minute DVD contains specially designed exercise material to accompany the book of the same name by Rachel Sutton Spence and Bencie Woll. It is suitable for students of British Sign Language, tutors...

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  6. Jacques Derrida and Edward Said (1992 Video)

    Director
    Alex Marengo
    Producer
    Patricia Llewellyn
    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min., 1995 sale: £23.50 (inclusive)

    Two 40-minute interviews by philosopher Johnathan Ree looking at the interviewees’ work in relationship to human rights issues. Jacques Derrida, a leading figure in deconstructivism and the transformation...

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  7. Language and Creativity (1972)

    Director
    Michael Chanan
    Producer
    Noel Chanan
    Subject
    Linguistics; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Professor P F Strawson and Gareth Evans discuss linguistic theory.* (60 minutes)

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  8. Thinking and Language

    Subject
    Linguistics; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £44.00

    Use of language to communicate complex ideas is the most obvious way to demonstrate cognition and understanding. This film clearly illustrates the importance of language and the ideas it enables us to...

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