4. In the Head versus On the Lips

The 36 lectures of Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language taught by acclaimed linguist, author, and Professor John McWhorter from the Manhattan Institute are your opportunity to take a revealing journey through the fascinating terrain of linguistics. You focus on the scientific aspects of human language that were left out of any classes you may have taken in English or a foreign language, and you emerge from your journey with a newfound appreciation of the mysterious machinery built into all of us an appreciation likely to surface time and again in your everyday life. Course Lecture Titles 1. What Is Linguistics 2. The Sounds of Language Consonants 3. The Other Sounds Vowels 4. In the Head versus On the Lips 5. How to Make a Word 6. The Chomskyan Revolution 7. Deep Structure and Surface Structure 8. The OnOff Switches of Grammar