Lecture 23: Historical Linguistics

MIT 24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 2022
Instructor: Prof. Norvin W. Richards
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This video explains how semantic drift, recuttings, and sound changes over time cause languages to evolve and/or split into distinctly different languages.
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This is a treasure. It helps me in my studies. Thank you.

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Thanks for these videos they're really useful and enjoyable ☺

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32:03 the subtitles say phenology whilst it's really phonology that he said I think.

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Good catch! The subtitle has been updated.

[@sammygoodnight]

Good introduction to the topic. As an aside, I've known exactly one Inuit person in my life, but she called herself an Eskimo and told me she had never met one of her people who minded the name Eskimo. Wonder if it might be nothing more than a Western academic affectation to make it perjorative.