Published On Sep 13, 2015
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This video dives into understanding language from a cultural point of view to better understand the impact of a world language, and what might need to be done in order to make it better.
Learn more about a "type one language/civilization":
• Michio Kaku: Will Mankind Destroy Its...
Who Owns English?:
• Who Owns English?
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The first song is called: The Visitors
The Visitors by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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The second song is called: Frequency
Link to song: • Silent partner - frequency
And was made by: Silent partner
Song is available in the YouTube audio library.
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Sources and further readings:
How languages evolve - Alex Gendler
-TED-Ed
• How languages evolve - Alex Gendler
Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain
-Big Think
• Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Windo...
Language: Crash Course Psychology #16
-CrashCourse
• Language: Crash Course Psychology #16
Between You and I the English Language is Going to the Dogs
-iqsquared
• Between You and I the English Languag...
English language spelling reform (Debate)
http://debatewise.org/debates/2960-en...
How Does Language Change Your Brain?
-TestTube Plus
• How Does Language Change Your Brain?
Breaking the language barrier | Tim Doner | TEDxTeen 2014
-TEDx Talks
• Breaking the language barrier | Tim D...
Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages? - John McWhorter
-TED-Ed
• Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'...
Chinese Lucky Numbers - Numberphile
• Chinese Lucky Numbers - Numberphile
Numbers in Chinese culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers...
Why Is English Spelling So Weird?
http://mentalfloss.com/article/62995/...
Statistics that discuss population of speakers of major languages.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/26...
Languages of the world - Interesting facts about languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/...
Languages of Papua New Guinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...
Linguistic relativity (Worldview)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguis...
One language dies every 14 days.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/201...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Ch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...
http://listdose.com/10-daily-english-...