History of the Indo-European language family

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Date
1958
Summary
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., discusses the history of the Indo-European family and how different languages are related. He explains how linguists developed a systematic reconstruction of Germanic languages, and points out the contributions of Grimm and Verner in developing laws of language development. Dr. Smith, Jr., also stresses predictability and patterning in language structure.
Contributors
Metropolitan Educational Television Association, New York City; Institute for Research in Human Communication, University of Buffalo
Publishers
Indiana University Audio-Visual Center; National Educational Television
Genre
Educational
Subject
Language and languages ; Linguistics ; Indo-European languages.
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
10 Films (4:48:43); 16mm
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003331966; Other: GR00452502; MDPI Barcode: 40000003331966

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