Monday, January 24, 2011

Best of Linguistics on iTunes-U

These are my favourite linguistics lectures on iTunes-U. They all happen to have been broadcast by the University of Arizona and the full list is here. Let me know if you find anything else that's worth listening to in iTunes U.


Exploring ERP Effects of Metaphor via Crowdsourcing
Vicky Lai, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, and Steve Bethard, University of Leuven

A Close Look at Writing Systems, or, Four Tongues Better than One
William Watt, University of California Irvine

The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended
Stephen Krashen, University of California Los Angeles

All in the family? Evaluating the role of kin selection in language evolution
Maggie Tallerman, Newcastle University

Some unresolved issues in language endangerment and revitalization
Lindsay J. Whaley, Dartmoth College

Anthropological Models and Historical Linguistics: The Story of Uto-Aztecan
Jane H. Hill, University of Arizona - 2008 ANLI Symposium

Linguistics, Anthropology, the Media, and Arabic Diglossia
Keith Walters, Portland State University

Modeling in Historical Linguistics: Trisecting Computational Methods, Speech Communities, and Language Change
Claire Bowern, Rice University

Is it any way you might could tell me how come I am not a English speaker?
Rusty Barrett, University of Kentucky

The absolute best of these are Krashen's 'The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended', Walter's 'Linguistics, Anthropology, the Media and Arabic Diglossia' and Barrett's 'Is it any way you might could tell me how come I am not a English speaker?'

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