Darwin and language diversity - Audio

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Can Darwin's theory of evolution be applied to languages? If so what are the analogues for natural selection and species diversification? What truths does this approach reveal and what problems does it throw up? In this album Professor Mark Pagel of Reading University and Quentin Atkinson, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford, discuss the pitfalls and the up-sides to approaching language through a Darwinian model. Focussing on Indo-European languages, they show how mathematical and statistical models can be used to study the development of both particular words and of grammatical terms. Looking to the future they speculate on how language will develop in the new globalised culture.
The tracks on this album were produced by The Open University in collaboration with the British Council. They form part of Darwin Now, a global initiative celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009.

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Darwin and language diversity
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
A short introduction to this album.
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Transcript -- Darwin and language diversity
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
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A Darwinian approach to language
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
What happens when you apply Darwin to the development of language? Mark Pagel and Quentin Atkinson explore the parallels.
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- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Transcript -- A Darwinian approach to language
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Transcript -- What happens when you apply Darwin to the development of language? Mark Pagel and Quentin Atkinson explore the parallels.
- Dinle Tekrar dinle Devam et Oynatılıyor…
- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Conservation and diversification
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
In the tree of Indo-European languages, some words are remarkably similar across several languages, whilst many other words are remarkably different.
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- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Transcript -- Conservation and diversification
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Transcript -- In the tree of Indo-European languages, some words are remarkably similar across several languages, whilst many other words are remarkably different.
- Dinle Tekrar dinle Devam et Oynatılıyor…
- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Revolution or evolution?
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Why, when languages change, do they often do so in rapid bursts.
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- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Transcript -- Revolution or evolution?
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Transcript -- Why, when languages change, do they often do so in rapid bursts.
- Dinle Tekrar dinle Devam et Oynatılıyor…
- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Warriors or farmers - who spread Indo-European languages?
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
There are two theories about the way that Indo-European languages spread - which one is correct?
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Transcript -- Warriors or farmers - who spread Indo-European languages?
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Transcript -- There are two theories about the way that Indo-European languages spread - which one is correct?
- Dinle Tekrar dinle Devam et Oynatılıyor…
- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle
Towards a global language?
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Can Darwin's theories predict the future of language? Why are languages so resilient in the face of globalisation?
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Transcript -- Towards a global language?
9 Kas 2009· Darwin and language diversity - Audio
Transcript -- Can Darwin's theories predict the future of language? Why are languages so resilient in the face of globalisation?
- Dinle Tekrar dinle Devam et Oynatılıyor…
- Daha sonra dinle Daha sonra dinle

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