The Reith Lectures, Jean Aitchison: The Language Web: 1996 Episodes

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  1. The World Wide Web

    5/5 Professor Jean Aitchison looks at the way we use language.

  2. A Web Of Words

    4/5 Professor Jean Aitchison examines the word-learning ability inbuilt in humans.

  3. Building the Web

    3/5 Professor Jean Aitchison explores how and why language develops so quickly in children.

  4. A Web Of Deceit

    2/5 Professor Jean Aitchison examines the origin of language in the human species.

  5. A Web Of Worries

    1/5 Professor Jean Aitchison examines what troubles us about how our language is changing.