History of the Indo-European language family
- Date
1958
- Summary
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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
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.