The Uncanny Science of Linguistic Reconstruction (TED-Talk introducing historical linguistics)
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It's too bad he's so nervous presenting, because he has a very interesting topic and content.
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I thought he was fine. He didn't seem especially nervous.
Does anyone know where to find more videos like this, apart from the TED site?
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If you want more interesting linguistics videos, 40 (including the one above) are gathered here: http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2011/05/40-fascinating-lectures-for-linguistics-geeks/
For general topics, The RSA has a series of TED-like lectures: http://www.thersa.org/events/video
They also sometimes do animated versions (they look like they were done with whiteboard markers). Google RSAnimate to find them. HTH.
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thank you very much!
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He was a bit nervous, but it was a good survey of what can be done in historical linguistics.
Poor Armenian and Albanian. They always get forgotten when listing off the Indo-European languages. (And most of all, the Anatolian languages. Sucks for you, Hittite!)
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Thank you very much for sharing this.