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Fry's Planet Word
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Publication Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the eVideo
Stephen Fry's Linguistic Study (1:58)
Language Around the World (3:44)
Communication in Animal Kingdom (1:43)
Vocalization vs. Speech in Apes (2:20)
Limits of Language Among Apes (1:50)
Language in Human Evolution (3:11)
Genetics of Language (4:57)
Language & the Brain (4:09)
Stroke Damage & Language (1:48)
Language & Feral Children (3:37)
Early Language Acquisition (3:52)
Role of Grammar (2:43)
Children's Understanding of Grammar (1:36)
Parental Influence on Linguistic Development (1:06)
Invented Language: Klingon (4:05)
Sign Language (2:55)
Inventing Words in Sign Language (3:21)
Grimm's Law & Proto-Indo-European Language (3:25)
Plurality of Human Languages (2:35)
UN Official Languages (3:13)
Credits: Babel: Fry's Planet Word (0:34)
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English Accents (3:25)
Newcastle Accent (4:19)
Language and Thought (5:06)
Language and Humor (4:15)
Disappearing Languages (3:26)
Speaking Irish (4:15)
Irish Soap Opera (3:40)
Basque Language and Cuisine (5:43)
Occitan Language (5:00)
Moderating Language (4:08)
New Citizens/New Language Influences (2:39)
Hebrew Revival (7:26)
Turkana Language (1:35)
Identity and Belonging (2:48)
Credits: Identity: Fry's Planet World (0:34)
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Obscenities and Taboos (4:00)
Tourette's Disorder and Obscenities (3:58)
Swearing and the Primitive Brain (4:29)
Swear Words Live On (2:25)
Rude Words and Emotions (1:13)
Association between Swearing and Pain (3:22)
How Swearing Lessens Pain (5:16)
Swearing and Humor (4:34)
Racial and Sexual Epithets (6:08)
Danger of Euphemisms (3:28)
Little White Lies: Politeness (3:06)
Language and Context (3:45)
Disguised Speech (4:37)
Hip Hop as Source of Language (6:17)
Credits: Uses and Abuses: Fry's Planet Word (0:35)
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Tradition without Writing (3:51)
Cuneiform Writing (3:32)
Advances in Cuneiform (1:45)
Alphabet (3:46)
Dome of the Rock (2:30)
Shrine of the Book (3:52)
Printing: Spreading the Word (4:23)
Pinyin: Phonetic Mandarin (3:27)
Movable Type (6:21)
Diderot's Encyclopédie (4:46)
Bodleian Library (2:27)
Library Relevance (4:35)
Founder of Wikipedia (2:06)
Unlikely Authors (3:25)
New Technology/New Types of Books (0:54)
Interactive Text (5:50)
Credits: Spreading the Word: Fry's Planet Word (0:35)
From the eVideo
Literature: Beginnings (2:34)
William Goldman on Plot (4:22)
The Odyssey and the Iliad (4:08)
James Joyce's "Ulysses" (7:18)
J. R. R. Tolkien's Language (3:06)
Peter Jackson on Stephen King (1:09)
William Shakespeare's Genius (5:07)
"To Be or not to Be" (4:06)
Shakespeare's Language (4:47)
Shakespeare in Translation (1:46)
Language of P. G. Wodehouse (4:44)
George Orwell's Language (4:53)
W. H. Auden (2:32)
Language of Lyrics (3:23)
Stephen Fry's Concluding Remarks (1:09)
Credits: The Power and the Glory: Fry's Planet Word (0:08)
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